What is the best way to clean Vinyl?


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Showing 2 responses by mikelavigne

how much do you want to know about record cleaning? this thread will answer any question.

https://www.whatsbestforum.com/threads/timas-diy-rcm.26013/

personally i use the KLaudio RCM and am very happy with the results. my opinion is that as a substitute for obsessing about perfectly cleaning records, a great anti-static device such as the CS Port IME1 or the DS Audio ION-001 will actually lower noise more than the cleanest record cleaner assuming the records are reasonably clean. i own three turntables, and use one of the those devices on each one.

Very true accept you can do exactly the same thing with a $30 Hudson sweep arm and remove any incidental dust out of the stylus's path. 

@mijostyn 

disagree.

a brush only gets larger pieces. a brush cannot dramatically reduce static. in fact the friction from a brush increases static which holds mirco-dirt to the groove. negative ions from anti-static devices reduce noise.

but agree the brush from the Hudson sweep arm does have a positive net effect. just not nearly what anti-static is able to do.