Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner
@stringreen, so a sweep with the Hunt brush (which I also own, along with a Decca, Audioquest, and Discwasher) gets all the "stuff" out of the grooves and off the surfaces of the used LP's you add to your collection? Or you don't buy used? I've bought more used this year than new, and there's no way I'm gonna use my stylus to remove the gunk from the groove of a previously owned LP. That's like using someone else's toothbrush! |
Am fortunate to be a member of the weekly listening sessions at Albert Porter's house and a KL owner. Our response to the Degritters results are uniformly positive. In fact records played after Degritter cleaning seem to play louder!!!(assume this comes from a lower noise floor and a sense of greater dynamic range-we assume that the greater cleaning efficacy is due to the higher cleaning frequency). |
FYI, I've started a series of reviews of the unit - here's the first vid, more to come over the next several dayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWKjmP4x6i8 |
I sat on the fence since the Degritter became available and finally ordered one a few months ago. Had to wait about 2 months before it finally arrived, due to the Pandemic. I have had it about a week and have only ran a few Lps thru it, but not sure if it is working correctly. I have ran a couple of new Lps through the Degritter, on the maximum cleaning cycle, and they seem 'clean' coming out... about the same as going in, except that when I inspect the record there seems to be tiny specs of lint/paper still stuck on the suface and in the grooves. Last night I cleaned an album multiple times using the maximum setting and then finally added 1.5 ml of the cleaner, as I was just using distilled water at first because these are all new records I'm 'cleaning'. The lint/paper specs come loose after a little rubbing with my finger, but shouldn't the Degritter be doing this? Is there a way to check that the transducers are operating as they should? How am I to know if all that is running is the pump or fan? Is there something in the software I can check on the screen? I have a Keith Monks KMAL twin platter RCM which I have almost completed rebuilding/modifying.. I replaced the original vacuum pump with a new, more powerful modern pump (same one they use on their new model)replaced both the arm motor and the thread spool motor with custom Industrial HD motors that turn 1/2 the speed of the originals and also slowed both platters speed from 100 rpm, down to 50 rpm. Also added a vacuum gauge. Cleaning a record now will take 2x longer (was 1 minute per side, now will be 2 minute per side), but I was not comfortable with the high rpm of both the platters original speed. I believe this will be a better cleaning RCM, as the vacuum arm will be working the same area with slightly more vacuum (also adjustable) than before and safer on the records than the original design. Everyone stay well! Rick |
