Record Revirginizer

Mikeba316,

You've made a good choice...ENJOY! :-)

Best,
Sam

Elizabeth,

Thanks for you thoughtful yet sad response!

I never actually planned to get into vinyl. A friend brought over his modest rig a couple of months ago while our wives had a "girls" night out. He has a great collection and we A/B'd some of his albums to SACD's of mine played on my expensive PD MPS-5. I was enchanted by that "analog" sound I've been hearing about for so long.I hope it wasn't just the wine playing tricks on me.

Anyways, so instead of putting my dollars towards a top notch music server system as planned, I went analog instead.

I for sure will go the music server way in the future. I also predict that most of my listening years from now will be from downloaded music. But I figure a couple more years to let the dust settle won't hurt. And a really cool looking tt rig will look awesome in my living room also. A conversation starter for sure!

Sounds like you'd like the crazy little clock and magic pebbles as well.

Contact captain kaitt, commander of the Starship Snakeoil.

So welcome anyways? Wow, thanks.....I think.

I remember being a virgin, sure would not want to become one again...

Oh and on the records, don't worry, six months and it'll be such a pain in the ass that you'll go back to your squeezebox.

Mikeba316,

>>The guy recommended to clean even before first play. He said that even with the initial play the needle can push in any contaminant that may be on the album surface and make it harder to clean later.<<

He spoke the truth. I even clean brand new LPs prior to the first play. It's a PITA but worth it. On new LPs, prior to using the RCM, it's a good idea to use a cleaner such as Premier to remove any residual mold-release compound on the LP.

Welcome to the vinyl club!

Wouldn't the "Record Groove" cleaner do about the same thing, except for it should have been a conical design.
But it uses a "glue type" removal theory, is reusable and only 20 bucks.

Rockitman,

For sure. I just ordered a couple of bottles just to see. Too expensive for a regular use type of thing for sure. Especially since you have to pay shipping from Australia!

sweet setup Mike. Drop the glue and use your loricraft

How many virgins are sacrificed while using this process?

If you get tired of paying $75.00 for product & shipping, try using $1.69 Elmers water soluble gel school glue the same way and see how close the performance is to "Record ReVirginizer." You might be surprised.

"Revirginizer"...you've got to be kidding ;-)

Best,
Sam

Casey,

Th album in question is sealed NM lp. The guy recommended to clean even before first play. He said that even with the initial play the needle can push in any contaminant that may be on the album surface and make it harder to clean later.

I have no idea if this is true or not.

I ordered some of this stuff, but also a Loricraft PRC-3.

So my first tt is a restored Garrard 301 with Steve Dobbins plinth, copper platter, Reed 2P arm with CocaBolo wood and the Allinic Puritas cartdridge.

To say I'm stoked to get into vinyl would be a huge understatement.

I find the best cleaning method is with a steamer

Mike slow down,take a deep breath.Don't buy expensive records on eBay that need "a good cleaning" before play.Those you can normally find in thrift stores.Good Luck and enjoy your 'table.

Looks like something similar to the "glue method."

Check out this thread :

http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1186001554&openfrom&1&4#1

Ken