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| Record Cleaning Machines @mglik,The Keith Monks Discovery RCM is an awesome machine. I have worked with some people over at the VPI forum with VPI vacuum RCMs and the Loricraft™ PRC-4 RCM with the following cleaning process (as quoting from the book Chapter XIII): XIII.4... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines @oldaudiophile,1. If you read the book Chapter XIV.5.3, and you apply your tank volume of 6L with 3 records, the fastest you should spin is 1 rpm. If you clean just one record at a time, then 3 rpm is the fastest you should spin. The problem with ... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines @willy-t,Tima uses the Elmasonic P120H (with pump & 0.2 micron absolute filter) and he has added a Elmasonic S120H for rinsing and recently switched to Tergitol 15-S-9 ( Tergitol 15-S-3 and 15-S-9 Surfactant | TALAS (talasonline.com)) with g... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines @terry9, ...you are too kind.@oldaudiophile, a few quotes from the book:Chapter XII.6.a - "...The paper Adhesion and Removal of Fine Particles on Surfaces, Aerosol Science and Technology, M. B. Ranade, 1987 (38) shows for aluminum oxide particles,... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines @oldaudiophile,If you read this article Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records-2nd Edition - The Vinyl Press - at the end you can download the 145-page book for free; Chapter XIV is exclusive to UCM. There is a lot of information describin... | |
| Record Cleaning Machines Careful, some of the power figures include the heater. The Kirmuss is essentially the iSonic P4875(II) P4875(II)-4T-NH (isonicinc.com) which is only 165 W ultrasonic power via three 60W transducers pointing upward. The Degritter has four 75W... | |
| Alternate screw down clamp for VPI Aries @dhcod,Assuming you only broke the plastic part, send an e-mail to VPI and see if they will sell you a replacement - just the plastic part. Its held to the threaded metal knob with just a snap-ring. This is the type of plier used to remove/repla... | |
| Ultrasonic LP Cleaning vs. “Thread Type” Cleaning (Keith Monks/Loricraft/etc.) To the compliments provided - a humble thank-you. But @whart and @orthomead summarize it well - there is no best; only the best for you which is based on your own threshold for effort, cost, process throughput and just how clean do you want that ... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration FWIW and noting that this thread has taken a side route, here are just two documented sources for tube microphonics;-Proceedings of the Institute of Radio Engineers, Volume 17, Number 9 September, 1929, MICROPHONIC IMPROVEMENT IN VACUUM TUBES IR... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration Shock/vibration isolation of avionics is documented and easily accessed - examples Microsoft Word - avioinics_iso_revC.doc (vibrationdata.com), and compressed_PC6116_AerospaceandDefenseIsolatorCatalog.pdf (lord.com). Exactly what shock & vi... | |
| How to isolate turntable from footstep shake or vibration @esputnix, If you check with Oracle you will see where they have added a damping system to their sprung suspension - Parts & Upgrades | oracle (oracle-audio.com) MkVI Micro Vibration Stabilizer System (MVSS) upgrade; its a significant modi... | |
| SOTA NOVA, HR-X VPI, Technics 1200G recommendations? @mijostyn, and anyone else,The article Dr. A. M. Max, Disc Phonograph Records, Max, RCA Engineer Magazine 1966-08-09 1966-08-09.pdf (worldradiohistory.com) derives the same formulas addressed in the Studio Sound and Broadcast Engineering, July 197... | |
| SOTA NOVA, HR-X VPI, Technics 1200G recommendations? If you read the article Hugh Finnimore, Disc cutting in theory, Studio Sound and Broadcast Engineering, July 1975 Studio-Sound-1975-07.pdf (worldradiohistory.com) and can tackle the math you will get a much better 'technical' understanding of wha... | |
| Sudden development of more pops than usual. VPI TNT turntable. @ctlphd,In this thread https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/flipping-record-causing-series-of-loud-pops the OP traced the root cause to loose ground connections. If you have a multi-meter try measuring the grounds to verify continuity. If this d... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pindac,For routine cleaning, you do not need to soak the record with White Distilled Vinegar for 15-30 minutes. That time comes from the book "VIII.12. DESCALING: Occasionally when resurrecting a Goodwill™ or flea market record find, there may b... |