Wilson Vortex Cleaning arm for VPI clean machines


Has anyone had problems with these? I bought one several weeks ago and was careful (as always) to set it up exactly as stated in the instructions and had problems the whole time. In fact, I am sending it back.

I believe the it actually scratched my records with a needle-burn type scratch at the same spot on several records. Back to regular VPI wands.
macdadtexas

Showing 1 response by rushton

Hi Macdadtexas, assuming you mean the *Walker* Vortex wand, there has been a fairly lengthy set of reports on it in another thread, with some mixed results. Several people report using it with good results (I'm one) and a couple report using it and not having good success. A friend of mine told me he'd experienced something that sounds similar to what you've reported. He found that his issue came from continuing to spin the VPI past a single rotation so that the wand was vacuuming against an already dry surface. Once he stopped his VPI with just ONE rotation, he never experienced the issue again and he's continuing to use the Vortex because it makes such a great sonic improvement over using the stock wand. I've never been able to re-create that problem here.

Sorry to hear of your difficulty with it. Thanks for sharing.