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| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback terry9: Moon, when I first started using US, I found that noise always diminished compared to VPI 16.5, so now I clean everything with US to protect my stylus. That said, some records are just intolerably noisy, although a mono cartridge can hel... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback moonglum: When encountered, do you feel the damaged areas of e.g. 2nd hand LPs, are more audible, less audible or about the same nuisance value? Moon, I'm looking to get my records as absolutely clean as I can. Sometimes cleaning, whether via USC... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback moonglum, if the surface noise is due to contaminants in the grooves (dust, dirt, oils, etc.), surface noise will definitely decrease. But this is not a magic bullet - if the grooves have been damaged, no cleaning will get rid of that; same if noi... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback Thanks, Terry. I don't know what sort of spacing Harry may have been using when he tried the two different frequency tanks. Good question to go ask him. I recall seeing the graphs and discussion of particle sizes. It was interesting and I need to ... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback Terry and Oilman, great contributions. Thanks to you both. Right now, my results with my Chinese built USC are good, exceeding my expectations. But, I have over 6,000 LPs in my collection, so I wonder about durability. And I certainly DO NOT want ... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback Thanks, DG and Terry! Very helpful additional information. I see that I have some more experimentation ahead of me.Which model(s) of the Elmasonic tanks are you using? | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback terry9, how did you come to choose 50 degrees Celsius as you optimum temperature range? I have to admit being concerned going beyond 36 degrees and generally clean in the 31-35 degree range with good results. I've never attempted to compare result... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback Thanks for the additional information, Terry. Great to see more experiences shared.I'd continue to encourage the use of a higher purity water second rinse with about 3% by volume of Ethanol added. I find it makes a further improvement. Type 1 Reag... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback Very nice, elegant and simple solution! Thanks, bcowen. I'd been looking for a quick disconnect and never was able to find one at a reasonable cost. This looks like the ticket. | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback And I appreciate the support on this topic, astro58go! I think cleaning records well is one of the most important things we can do to enhance our enjoyment of vinyl. My wife came into our listening room earlier this morning as I was playing someth... | |
| Rushton's DIY approach to ultrasonic record cleaning published by Positive Feedback astrog58go: What I have found that kind of keeps me going... even when I think I have had something... some little piece of useful info to share...then, only to have one or even no response, can be deflating. astrog58go and slaw, it is kind of you... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? reubent, I agree with astro58go: Good question. And astro offers a nice introduction to the topic. One could go on and on and on about how to determine the answer for particular LPs and record labels. But, here’s the thing... First pressings are n... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years A favorite in this house, with particular fondness for "Kodachrome" | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Everyone knows the old cliche of rediscovering records when a new piece of gear comes into our systems, right? Well, for me its been rediscovering my records as I get them cleaned with this new diy ultrasonic cleaning regimen I'm now using. Wow! L... | |
| Whats on your turntable tonight? Thanks for the suggestion Astro50go! I'll pull No Secrets for listening later today; I've not heard it in years. If I can be so bold as to recommend a CS lp... search out a WLP of "No Secrets". You will not be disappointed! |