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| Recorded Cleaning Machnies @tablejockey, For the price, the HumminGuru Nova has an updated higher operating frequency FYI, the new HG-Nova does not use a higher frequency, it's the same kHz and power as the original. Download and compare the two operating manuals: Hum... | |
| Recorded Cleaning Machnies @gano, I want to buy the one that does most of the job. Sounds like the vacuum based would be it. For old, used records yes. However, you still need to perform multiple steps: Step 1: pre-clean with a detergent solution; I recommend 0.5% A... | |
| Vinyl Care @puptent, Tergikleen is like Kodak Foto Flow, a wetting and flow aid, non detergent. Actually, both are nonionic surfactants which at low concentration reduce the surface tension of water ergo wetting. But at higher concentrations, nonionic ... | |
| Recorded Cleaning Machnies @whart, Bill what you said is correct. To amplify, Industry testing has shown that for low kHz machines (< than about 60-kHz), if the flow in the tank is >50% of the tank-volume/min the cavitation intensity drops off very quickly. As the... | |
| Vinyl Care @richardbrand, ultrasonic cleaning is the best way to dig contaminants from deep in the groove UT cleaning is but one way to clean a record. As the book says Chapter XII about the manual-sink process that uses 3 chemicals with one being a wea... | |
| Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse @orthomead, Below is Figure 39 from the book that shows the change in surface tension of Ethanol and IPA. There is not much difference between the two. To get an appreciable surface tension decrease about 5% is required. The record surface ten... | |
| Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse @richardbrand, If you are spinning 9-records in a 6L tank, there are 2-problems - too much mass in the tank and you are overloading the tank, and even at a slow spin speed you are developing enough fluid flow/motion to pretty much kill most cavit... | |
| Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse @oberoniaomnia, The density (rho) of Tergitol is not 1, its specific gravity is essentially 1, so it's the same as freshwater which is 62.4-lbs/ft^3, convert to mg/cm^3 = 28,304,164-mg/28,316.85-cm^3 = ~1-g/cm^3 = 28,316,846-mg/ft^3. How did you... | |
| Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse @richardbrand, Thanks for the compliment, but not exactly a labor of love. I started that project during COVID when I was retired (not anymore), and it kept me occupied and my skill sets sharpened. And thanks to meeting up with Bill Hart @whart... | |
| Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse @oberoniaomnia, how do you get from mass of pure dehydrated Tergitol to film thickness of 31 nm? Tergitol is something like a C33 hydrocarbon chain and generally hydrocarbon chains are around 1 nm thick (e.g., sugar). I failed to find any infor... | |
| Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse @billstevenson, Bill, thanks for the clarification. Take care, Neil | |
| Record Cleaning Using Vacuum Machine for Cleaning and Ultrasonic for Final Rinse @billstevenson, Bill, I am not sure if you took what I wrote in Chapter XIII out of context. The records are vacuum dried because Neil reported finding 10%-30% residual solids left on the record surface using air drying techniques. So it is im... | |
| Source of Fremer's "1 arc second" claim? @pryso, I also consider MF to be a boon to the vinyl revival, not a bad dude. Please do not misunderstand my criticism. MF has been steadfast proponent of the vinyl playback and deserves the recognition and compliments he gets for that. But... | |
| Source of Fremer's "1 arc second" claim? @pryso MF reviewed the Oswald K3 Analog Corner #314: OMA K3 turntable & Schröder tonearm Page 2 | Stereophile.com and per this article (last paragraph) confirms that he bought the unit - Oswalds Mill Audio K3 Turntable - The Absolute Sound. | |
| Source of Fremer's "1 arc second" claim? The 1-arc-second likely originates from this turntable vendor whitepaper - Oswalds Mill Audio - K3 Whitepaper | OMA of which MF owns (or owned). There are a number of errors in the white paper: "...our device needs to actually physically trace m... |