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New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning

Purchased a cheap $199.00 stainless steel digital ultrasonic cleaner with a very nice record cleaning attachment off Amazon and I am having a blast.

This thing is heated, has a timer and an electric motor to rotate the records in the US tank. It is a 6L unit and it is made in China. Seems well built and it cleans records like a much more expensive machine.

I have cleaned a half dozen albums that are 40 plus years old and have only been cleaned with vacuuming machines and this thing is great. The albums I have cleaned sound darn near new and my wife thought I bought another new cartridge or phono pre-amp.

Can not recommend this type of cleaning system enough.

Rediscover those old albums.. if this thing lasts a couple of years I will be a happy dude. 
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slaw
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@bdp24,

You should email Louis directly to find out if he'll be making any more of the Vibrato machines. My last conversation with him....he wasn't sure.
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bdp24
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I did @slaw. His TINDIE.com webstore, too. No response from either.
bajaed
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After several months, I finally unpacked my ultrasonic cleaner. In addition to not having any instructions for the attachment there appears to be parts that are different or missing. Can some of you guys with this machine offer some advice on assembly or what is missing? Thanks.
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iopscrl
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I am using the same tank, but with a Vinyl Spinner attachment for rotation.  I use "Ruston's" formula, which is a combo of tergiclean hepastat IS alchohol and distilled water.

I use a spin clean as a pre cleaning step to remove loose surface debris, then into the US tank for 15min at .33 rpm...or 5 revolutions.  Then rinse in distilled water, and nitty gritty vac dry.

My results are OUTSTANDING.  I now have numerous 55-65yr old LPs that have a noise floor lower than that of my system.  I hear better transient response, and staggeringly improved resolution of small scale details- air space around musicians etc.

I highly recommend US cleaning to any serious record collector.
drbond
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I just used my ultrasonic record cleaner today for the first time, and I will have to agree that the results are amazing: extreme clarity, transparency, lack of pops and crackles.

I just used distilled water at room temperature, and didn’t even try to turn on the warmer.

One thing that I did notice is that when I turned the LP over, after one side sat on the felt, that there was an occasional pop, which makes me think that I need to upgrade to a nice turntable mat. Any recommendations on purchasing a high-grade turntable mat that won’t get lint/felt on the LP (for a Rega P8 with a glass platter)?

Thanks.

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