I have the 17f and it is a great luxury. I must ditto all the Disc Doctor stuff. I now use the VPI to rinse 'vac before and after a rubba dub dub with the doctor's velvet pad. I do use purified water because my water is really hard. Even though VPI takes it off immediately, I don't want that in the brushes or inside the tubing. I am now intreagued by Groovmaster. I want to add that after th final rinse and vac, I use last preservative. It cuts friction and noise. You can also use Last after the manual blot and air dry. Noise is also exaggerated by inexact cartridge orientation.
what to do before you get the vpi record cleaner?
I bought a Nottingham spacedeck and have nearly doubled my record collection to 800 in the last 2 months
problem is I am waiting to afford a VPI record cleaner
snap crackle and pop are having fun on my vinyl collection
I am using a decca (dry method) stylus brush
and stylast on the cartridge (with ultrasonic battery operated stylus cleaner)
any suggestions to clean records before I get the expensive cleaner? I don't want to engrain the dirty records (the flea market variety) by playing them and I don't want to destroy my expensive audiophile pressings (Japanese and MSFL)
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
thanks
Tom
problem is I am waiting to afford a VPI record cleaner
snap crackle and pop are having fun on my vinyl collection
I am using a decca (dry method) stylus brush
and stylast on the cartridge (with ultrasonic battery operated stylus cleaner)
any suggestions to clean records before I get the expensive cleaner? I don't want to engrain the dirty records (the flea market variety) by playing them and I don't want to destroy my expensive audiophile pressings (Japanese and MSFL)
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
thanks
Tom