What is your experience with the Spin Clean?


Mine is it makes absolutely no difference. I'm thinking about returning it.

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I had a spin queen. I couldn’t believe how loud it was(110dB)  on top of not doing a really great job. 
I bought a Humminguru. 500 bucks. Does a good job for 500 bucks. You can spin it a couple of times and it does just as good as for a job as $3000 unit according to some reviews. I wouldn’t know I don’t have $3000 to spend on a record cleaner

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I loved my spin clean. It did a good job but was a lot of manual work. You could really see that it was cleaning by how the water looked. I still have it for pre cleaning really dirty records. I upgraded to an Audiodeske System cleaner and I must say that it beats the spin clean hands down. With the audiodeske you can hear the difference. It’s really amazing..

I received a Spin Clean at Christmas.  I've done two batches of cleaning since then following the instructions in the box.  I heard no difference on records that I'd bought new, but I did hear some improvement on records I'd bought used and those I'd "ínherited" from others.   I habitually use a Decca brush on the record before playing, so maybe my new records haven't accumulated much debris. 

As for static, the drying process adds static: I can see hairs or fibres attach themselves to the record after it's been wiped dry.    I haven't tried air drying.  I use a Zerostat sometimes (more regularly now) and I can hear the difference that it makes.  

I enjoy listening to my records, but I wouldn't consider myself a sophisticated listener.   I'm sure others would hear features I don't (or can't -- my ears are 65 years old ;-) ).

I'll continue to use the Spin Clean on my used and inherited records, but I may not use it on the records I bought new. 

The Pro-Ject VCU-ALU is my current choice. 
why?

Because it does a good job in general. 
I’m not a bin diver, so seldom need US cleaning. 
When a recent purchase rated as NM, came as a poor condition record, the softer brushes were not adequate. 
So, with warmed solution and a toothbrush, and a final clean with with the normal application, vacuum, it became acceptable. 
 

ya can’t repair damaged grooves with *anything* 🤣

So and $80 spin clean isn't as good as an $800 cleaner??? Wow. you don't get that kind of info just anywhere.