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| How Should We Clean A New Record? Rushton, thank you very much for your words of appreciation. Your choice to clean all new records with an RCF and then rinse them with distilled water is completely valid. You should have no trouble with the "dry surfactant" noise that I discussed... | |
| How Should We Clean A New Record? Hello again Lugnut. Once again your response is thought-provoking.YOU WROTE: “Obviously surfractants, HPLC water and ultrasonic action is too aggressive. Still, I believe even a conventionally applied approach as a first step to remove the mold re... | |
| How Should We Clean A New Record? LUGNUT: Thanks for the clarifications.YOU WROTE: “You mention that you can hear the residue for a time after cleaning a new record. My experience is just the opposite. My new recordings have proven to be quieter with cleaning. Please let me attemp... | |
| How Should We Clean A New Record? Dougdeacon: Thank you for the many interesting points you made.YOU WROTE: “… I've tried playing new records with only dry brushing. Those records are now ruined. Whatever particulates or contaminates the mold release grabbed onto got ground into/a... | |
| How Should We Clean A New Record? NOONTOON: Thank you for taking the time to read and respond to my thread. In an effort to keep my answers brief, I will not necessarily respond to your comments in the order they were presented. YOU WROTE: "The better surfactants, enable the water... | |
| How Should We Clean A New Record? Lugnut, thank you for a very thoughtful response. That’s what I was hoping for but never expected to get when I wrote this piece. I enjoy this thoughtful exchange of ideas very much even if we disagree on many points. Actually, besides being almos... | |
| Thiel 7.2's with Electrocompaniet AW-220's? I haven't tried this combination but I've had both the Thiel and Electrocompaniet separately.I think the "sweet" sound of the EC would nicely tame the aggressive tweeters of the Thiel. Unfortunately, I don't think these amps would have enough powe... | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Answer for MikelavigneThank you very much for your aprreciative words. I have used the Nitty-Gritty and VPI record-cleaning machines and have been very satisfied with them, especially the VPI. I have not used the Loricraft machine or fluids so I c... | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Jyprez: Thanks. I am familiar with old RCFs like the First and Last fluids, and some newer RCFs like the VPI, DD and RRL. But I have not used the Audio Intelligent fluid. I have refrained from making direct comments about commercial RCFs and will ... | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Thank you Scott for your words of appreciation.I really did not mind the negative responses. It's just not possible to please everyone and not everyone have the patience to read long writings these days, especially about arcane concepts in surface... | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Answers for Zmrs13, Mab33 and OplachipAnswer for Zmrs13:With your background—frighteningly similar to mine—you won’t have any trouble making up your own RCF. I think your best bet is with the Triton.Triton X series are nonionic surfactants (ethoxy... | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Mab33: I don't have my reference books with me at home and I do not recall the exact structure of the Tween 20 or Triton X-100. But I think they are both commercial nonionic surfactants of the nonylphenol ethoxylate types that are high purity. The... | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Mab33: Thanks. As incidental byproducts of my R & D work (totally unrelated applications) I have discovered several nearly ideal surfactants for record cleaning. They work at extremely low concentrations (less surfactant, less residue), provid... | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Response to Rcziech about homemade fluids.I agree with you that commercial RCF can be expensive. What you are paying for is not just the material but the expertise and the R & D work as well. That's why I make my own cleaning fluids.Unlike mos... | |
| A Very Long Primer on Record Cleaning Fluids Nrchy: OK, OK, I get it. It is way too long but I was absolutely sincere when I said that I rushed through this piece. The truth is this discussion (or any writing for that matter)could have been considerably shorter if a lot more time is spent ed... |