And ultrasonic record cleaners were becoming the new hot thing. I still recalled reading about the SOTA and VPI record vacuum cleaners. It might be overkill, but I felt better not using the same brushes on thrift store records.īy this point, I was fully on-board the audiophile-never-satisfied-upgrade train. I only used the Spin-Clean brushes on 200 new records before rotating them for use on thrift-store vinyl. So now the process was to wash in one Spin-Clean followed by a distilled water rinse in a second Spin-Clean wipe with Spin-Clean clothes and allow the records to fully dry on dish racks. Instant improvement! The crackliness was all but eliminated. I immediately added a second Spin-Clean for the rinse cycle. To resolve this, the consensus seemed to be using a separate rinse cycle with just distilled water.3 Several users attributed this to the Spin-Clean cleaning solution and its ‘soapy’ properties. I soon learned other Spin-Clean users were noticing the same thing I was…even after cleaning, there was still some crackliness in the playback. At the same time, I continued reading up on the latest vinyl trends, watching YouTube videos by Michael Fremer and others, and visiting the audiophile forums like the Steve Hoffman forum. I settled in listening to both my older albums and the newer albums I was buying with more regularity. And for good measure, I added small 1-inch round labels to record the date the record was cleaned on the outer sleeve.2īefore long, I was upgrading to a new American-made U-Turn Orbit turntable with a Grado Blue cartridge for playback. While I was at it, I added new Mobile Fidelity inner sleeves and new outer record sleeves to ensure my cleaning efforts weren’t in vain. I ordered the Mark II kit and began cleaning my old stash of albums. Eventually I settled on the Spin-Clean Record Washer as the most cost-effective solution. It didn’t take long to figure out there were numerous options out there, but one of the least expensive alternatives was wet-cleaning vinyl prior to playback. Like many, I did a lot of reading and research on lessons learned by others who were getting back into the hobby. That got me thinking about digging out my two boxes of vinyl records as soon as I got back stateside. ![]() While on a one-year deployment to Afghanistan1, I started reading about all the latest vinyl products including new turntables and record cleaning machines by companies such as SOTA and VPI. After that, the record was seldom if ever played again.įast-forward to 2008. A quick wipe with a record brush and the music was then preserved on cassette tape for car listening. Back in the day (growing up buying and listening to vinyl in the 70’s), the newly-purchased record went straight to the turntable. Like many vinyl record fans, I’ve learned lots of new lessons about record care since I returned to vinyl ten years ago. ![]() Even though Daryl mentions some products that we don’t carry (yet!), we appreciate that some are good at what they do, and we can provide similar ones… so no need to look elsewhere! Without further ado… Well absolutely I’ll do that! Anytime we can make someone’s listening experience better, we’re all in. ![]() who has become quite the LP aficionado! Daryl is a great guy, very intelligent, and very personable… love it when he comes to hang out with us! He handed this off to me not long ago wondering if we might post it so his experience might help others. This Blog entry is from our good friend Daryl G.
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