Sounds like a whiff of high profit margins.
Vinyl records & Discwasher cleaner
My vinyl record collection was stored for 40 years with multiple moves through out the years. Last stop was work. One day I entered my office and unexpectedly found boxes of 700 albums. Someone needed space and without asking piled them in office. Moved them to my home. Got me thinking. Divorced, kids out, home with rooms I can play loud without disturbing neighbors. Why not go for it. I restarted my journey back into the HIFI world. Turned out to be an expensive move.
Now a days, as with most, streaming is the preferred mode of transportation in the journey if HIFI. From time to time, I pull a record out to play. Most of the time I’m stunned when I hear most of them have little pops or other noises, if at all. Then I remember that I was pretty religious about cleaning them before play with Discwasher cleaner.
Does anyone else remember using Discwasher with their records back in the 70’s? sure there’s a few of you young chaps that used it.
Not sure when they stopped selling them. Most likely early 80’s when CDs done them in.
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When playing an album now, which is less than 10% of the time, I just use a brush. Play as it is. Reap the benefits of my diligence from year ago. I’m sure I’m not going to have the opportunity playing them 40 years from now. Playing a record is a ritual, A 40 minute ritual. That’s most likely the pull for me for playing them. Using a dishwasher is no longer a ritual for me. One ritual that dovetails playing records is smoking a joint. Heart and lungs squashes that nowadays days. Hey guys, this thread is giving away our age range without stating. Easy assumption |
@corelli Now you got me thinking. I wish I kept mine. |
Off the wall question. Curious about if others used it too or remembered. Of my friends back then, i do not recall any of them being an audiophile. So I do not have any point of reference. Not looking to buy one. Using brush and that suits me fine. If the album is in crappy condition just move on. Most likely go play another album or two and then default back to streaming. @ghdprentice thanks for you comments @viridian Not sure how long I’ll keep them but one of my daughters would want them. Bit of a burden to keep them lugging them around. Do have some Accoustic Sounds and MOFI records which helps keep me in the game. Stop buying them though. Does feel good to have something tangible. I like having backups. |
@vinylvin - Thanks for sharing. I checked out the website. Very professional website. They are in a niche market. I didn't think it was that large nowadays. @bloodyhell and others. Here is the history of Discwasher...... https://www.groovewasher.com/pages/story This forum is excellent for a vast amount of information. Leads, advice, opinions, suggestions, and verbal roughhousing, too. |