Vinyl Care

New Stylus Shapes contact areas of the grooves of old worn LPs that prior spherical and elliptical shapes did not contact, thus the content is there!.

It is important to get all the gunk out of the bottom of the grooves of old LPs, like mine from high school and college days (I'm 76 now). 

I use a strong mix, manual vigorous scrub with baby scalp brush, rinse with distilled water, batches of 10 at a time

It is amazing how much better they sound. IOW, Vigorously clean them before you buy new versions.

 

LP recommendations

https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/building-a-100-album-vinyl-collection-3-must-have-albums-are

 

Yes, that is a McIntosh mx110z tube tuner preamp. I designed a ventilated equipment surround/stand to stack a heavy amp independently over it. Here the preamp slides out without disrupting the amp above.

photos of the stand here

I bought it used and had it renewed by Audio Classics, I would get another in an instant if it died. I get remote volume and remote balance from a Chase Remote Line Controller RLC-1. My Cayin Integrated Amp also has remote volume but not balance.

I love the sound of mx110z’s MM Phono, so I use a SUT with 3 inputs for my MC Cartridges, PASS for MM, and just changed two of my 3 tonearms and acquired 4 vintage cartridges with line contact profiles on beryllium cantilevers.

Former, only 1 removable headshell

Just installed repaired JVC Victor 11-1/8" ua-7082 on right side and Jelco SA-250 on left side, now 3 removable headshells, involved USA, Japan, Australia, Germany, Canada

 

 

 

manual scrub of dirty records, once, then just wipe the paper dust off each play. Amazing how much better they sound.

 

fluid: I use the fluid they send you in the kit, add alcohol, add a few drops of jet dry dishwasher rinse stuff, then only distilled water in the spinner, batches of 10.

 

 

baby scalp brush for vigorous scrub.

 

https://www.amazon.com/Scalp-Scrubbie-Sterile-Cradle-Sponge/dp/B005EJ7YH4/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2ZKWP8JJ0IMDH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6wYccsJXCZ1Ezmiyx0LsZoTh5epi_GQk7K8B06w4Hvh3UHEKQOBOOSmg3Cg0kc-ONX935g6rwv0GJRAr-_plgx9ypsSwqo69FkH-lnDDlixdfEtBCop5zRUarglyif-rK9sA73hg-FFu4XW0JXqmLClCzBmwdSxuQqjHoAtlKNeRIowReK_1ft5DBRINHwCPNWDTvBd3y72-pqzM3vzmtGpDtCtvWMre8pyOkQUsX3ZfipHpqZxMODPJr8_ZpM8_eLC19KpeUEj0tRud5eZgPdNZzyloOODACJ1bUJUuRUM.t0VdV2uK2orOlo__chGBs7HOLGlOd9zaSrabP-Li1Eo&dib_tag=se&keywords=baby+scalp+brush&qid=1715170666&sprefix=baby+scalp+brush%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

 

lid from Chinese soup container to protect paper label

 

rinse with distilled water only in the spinner.

 

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I don’t like pushing down into the grooves with microfiber brushes after they are thoroughly clean, so I use this type brush to simply move surface dust over to the edge and off each play.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DRJPDY19?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1_0