Michael Fremer's record cleaning process....

Fremer has been a good advocate for the analog cause
He is one of us

At one point he was too much a cheerleader for whatever came out on
vinyl. Now with many comments from listeners and the Steve Hoffman
forum, he has become more objective - comparing current "highly
toted" releases with original pressings etc. this has helped me decide
whether to spring for that touted remaster, realize my great sounding
version is ideal, upgrade to a new pressing, or seek out an original.

I also have an Ultrasonic cleaner but went with the KL Audio for many
reasons. Fremer tried to downgrade that machine and scare people into
thinking it could pit their records when it utilizes the same principles but is
better executed. He owns an audiodesk - which was the first US
commercially available and he is supported by their advertising.

I kept a Loricraft for rare heavy duty cleaning. The ultrasonic is such a
revolution in noise floor, lack of pops and static, low level resolution,
imaging, body around the instruments and separation.

Unfortunately it is $4k. I wish more could experience it.

He's been been an advocate of analog but only up to a point. As long ago as 2001 - fourteen years ago! - he declared that at CES that five really big systems that were located in the brand new Tuscany Hotel that year of them were the best sounding systems at the show. Of those five systems four were digital. There was a huge Wilson room, a huge Walker Audio (analog) and Kharma room, a Pipe Dreams room, and the room with Tenors driving the monster Rockport Hyperion speakers. I forget the fifth room Those were really big expensive rooms on the order of 50 by 50 feet.

You're kidding right Jeff? That's proof of him cavorting with the dark side? (In fact, I think you are the first to ever accuse Mikey of that egregious crime!) That was a show report. Talk about taking things totally out of context and cherry picking. Let's simply ignore 40 years worth of what Mikey wrote for TAS, Stereophile, Music Angle, etc. about analog. Read one of one of his latest columns where he snidely commented about switching from his analog to his digital front-end and suddenly wanting to clean the house. Sheshhhhhhhhh.....

It was a show report? Ooops, my bad!

:-)

Well spoken Dr. Astor.