Recorded Cleaning Machnies


I'm going to buy a ultra sonic record cleaning machine.  I am looking seriously at the Degritter MK2 but I just found the Isonic CS6.1-Pro Record Cleaning System, which has the advantage of cleaning 10 records at a time.  Anyone have any experience with either of these?  Comments?  I have a lot of records (like most folks reading this I suppose) so cleaning 10 records at a time is a big deal.  There is a price difference, but frankly, that is not too big a deal given what I am buying here.

spatialking

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I have both an isonic and a degritter.  They work at different frequencies-the degritter at 120KHz and the isonic at 35Khz.  The higher the frequency the better the cavitation in the groove-so a cleaner record where it counts.  If cleaning more than 3-4 discs at a time, the cavitation isn't strong enough to completely clean the disc.  Neil Antinn has commented on this many times.  I think both are good machines and I use both, the isonic as an intermediary step and the DeGritter as a final distilled water and ethanol rinse.  If I had to choose one, it would be the degritter all day long.

@washline I believe the Kirmuss machine is a repurposed Isonic machine.  I would compare prices.  The people at Isonic are great to deal with, BTW

If in fact your unit has a heater that is nonfunctional, I would contact Isonic directly.  They have good service and will either fix or repair the problem.  I don't use a dryer with the Isonic so I can't help you with that problem.