antinn
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| long lasting cart All,The current definitive discussion on stylus wear and life is here: https://thevinylpress.com/the-finish-line-for-your-phonograph-stylus/. | |
| A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner All,If interested, I use a manual cleaning procedure using the VinylStack label protector. I use Alconox Liquinox in 1 wt% solution to pre-clean using the Record Doctor nylon brush. Then rinse under flowing tap water assisted with the nylon brush... | |
| A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner sammmmmmy, If you are curious, Kodak Photoflow is a concentrated wetting agent that is water mixed with a combination of 25-30% propylene glycol (i.e. anti-freeze) that can act as an antibacterial and antifungal agent and 5-10% non-ionic surfacta... | |
| A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner @sammmmmmmy,Both Tergitol and Triton X-100 non-ionic detergent (which has been used for cleaning vinyl records for decades) material safety data sheets list Poly (ethylene oxide), as a small impurity as part of the surfactants at <3%. However,... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @rexc,Let me also expand the problem. Verifying absence of particles from the groove that can cause ticks and pops is only part of the problem. The other problem is how clean are the groove wall ridges. If these ridges that at 20 kHz can be spa... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @rexc,I can't argue on the value of measuring the after clean audio file. However, the intent of my comment was to address pre/after cleaning inspection at the time of cleaning. However, I am now using a 365nm UV blacklight Alonefire SV003 10W 3... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. @ubrerwaltz,And with your statement of the truth, may we are we surrender to you the final words. 🤗 | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. @rauliruegas, @uberwaltz,Gents, please give Jeff a break, this is his post, he asked for advise, you gave it. But, when people do not listen to you, please do not be offended, because the OP may respond defensively and down rabbit hole the post g... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. @rauliruegas,I will congradulate anyone who is passionate (or crazy 😎 ) enough to take on the challenge of vinyl which has so much "skin in game", and I respect that. Sometime its more than the music, sometimes its also the experience, and today ... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. jeffvegas,Congradulations on your purchase, and your support of your local dealer, and your decision to buy based on what you saw and heard, better known as a very informed decision.I will make one last recommendation for the Soundsmith Carmen MKI... | |
| Should I buy a VPI SCOUTMASTER. I OWN 25 RECORDS. Jeffvegas,If your talking a total of $10K, go big, this table VPI HRX will not last long at $5999, with free shipping from a dealer, www.ebay.com/itm/VPI-HR-X-Turntable-with-12-Tonearm-with-SDS/324081088366?hash=item4b74bcf76e:g:ORMA.... Add a ni... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @terry9 The Alconox Liquinox cleaner has been around for many years, and is very well doucumented. The company Alconox has a lot of data available, most of the ingredients are specified, and Liquinox is available Amazon www.amazon.com/Alconox-Liqu... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @terry9 The Fisherbrand™ Versa-Clean™, is a broad-base cleaner, with a combination of surfactants and corrosion inhibitors and some alkalinity, and the recommended concentration for use is not less than 60:1, but as much 10:1. The product details... | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @terry9 Sometimes you have feel just like an idiot, let me try this one last time, I meant to say "...the stylus does NOT contact...". Always good to be humble.R/Neil | |
| Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning @terry9 First the R/ = shorthand for Respectfully, and I noted an error in post - meant to "... the stylus does contact..."In precision cleaning, the industry standard for water is ASTM-D1193. Once we get past tap-water, ASTM-D1193 has essentiall... |