Di I really need to clean my LP's?
Recently, when announcing to a relative my intent to use a recently purchased Spin-Clean Record Washer on some LP’s, of which I am the original owner and which have not been played in decades, her reply was, “If you’ve always handled them correctly, and stored them in their sleeves, why do you need to clean them?” I think that this is a very good question. Is there a good reason for me to clean them?
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OP, The paper/book that you posted is right where to start with a no BS explanation of this topic. If after reading even half of this well written and serious paper, you still don't want or get the reason for the need to care for albums in a specific manner then that is your choice. It really just amounts to physics on a small scale. When you see the photos of the interface between the stylus and groove, and the force presented during play, perhaps then this will all make good sense. |
I’ve got many records I bought new in the early 80s and used nothing other than a Discwasher with their fluid and the records sound fine to this day. The only time I use a RCM (VPI 16.5) is when I buy a used record and it’s really grimy or if I listen to what appears to be a pristine record but hear lots of pops and ticks. The vinyl world is filled with so many far-fetched and silly “to do’s” and “not to do”s” with regard to record cleaning that you’ve got to keep your BS radar up. |
@audiodwebe , it's the BS that gets people to buy their stuff. It worked, at least for this special population however many of us there are. It is called marketing and it makes sense even if it is not necessarily reality. |
There is a very wide gap of reality and perception on what is clean and what your vision perceives as clean. Cleaner records and clean styli simply are inarguabley less retarded in playing the grooves without obstacles. They play quieter . There is a marked difference in clean and cleaned. Click on it and see what you can't see when you think its "clean"
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