50 bucks? Sure. I'd do it.
Worth refurbishing an old Nitty Gritty 1.0?
Hi,
I'm finally back into vinyl after about 20 years. I need a record cleaning system.
I have a pretty good front end: a newly refurbished SOTA Sapphire TT with a Linn Basik LVX arm and an Ortofon 2M "Blue" MM cartridge, fed through a Bottlehead "Seduction" tube phono stage (hand built from their kit).
I have an old Nitty Gritty 1.0 record cleaning unit that has been boxed up, untouched, for many years. (I was shocked to see that there was still cleaning fluid in the bottle!) I was surprised (pleasantly) to see that Nitty Gritty is still in business and will tune up their old 1.0 units for under 50 bucks plus shipping.
Is this worth doing? I remember not particularly liking the machine, years ago, because it actually seemed to make my records noisier, but as I said, that was a long time ago.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
I'm finally back into vinyl after about 20 years. I need a record cleaning system.
I have a pretty good front end: a newly refurbished SOTA Sapphire TT with a Linn Basik LVX arm and an Ortofon 2M "Blue" MM cartridge, fed through a Bottlehead "Seduction" tube phono stage (hand built from their kit).
I have an old Nitty Gritty 1.0 record cleaning unit that has been boxed up, untouched, for many years. (I was shocked to see that there was still cleaning fluid in the bottle!) I was surprised (pleasantly) to see that Nitty Gritty is still in business and will tune up their old 1.0 units for under 50 bucks plus shipping.
Is this worth doing? I remember not particularly liking the machine, years ago, because it actually seemed to make my records noisier, but as I said, that was a long time ago.
Thanks in advance for your advice!
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