Would anyone be interested in a timeshare on an Audio Desk Vinyl Cleaner Pro?

 Thank you table jockey, probably due for an updated photo – speakers finally found their proper position. only took a month being super nerdy about it!

I have a suggestion, having owned both the AD and the KL along with a big Monks:

a DIY using an ultrasonic bath that permits you to control heat and use a surfactant, plus one of those record rotisseries (I think the preferred one for little money is the Vinyl Stack) gives you more than the AD or KL.
It will cost you far less even if you use one of the uber German built US machines.
My preference is to point nozzle dry the records on the Monks, rather than forced air drying- I think it does a better job of removing the contaminants than blowing air on them. Point nozzles can be had used (Loricraft or perhaps Monks), used, but you have to make sure the machine works properly and hasn’t been abused. You could conceivably use a wand type vacuum cleaner, like a VPI, as a stopgap, but you lose some of the benefit.
At least put it under your hat if you can’t get a sharing program going. There is a good article by Rush Paul, posted on the ’Gon and appearing in Positive Feedback within the last year that discusses his findings- Rush drew from that vast DIY forum that had a crazy long thread on DIY ultrasonic. After I talked at length with a manufacturer of industrial ultrasonic equipment (factory sized lines), that manufacturer, who has been in business forever, convinced me that a surfactant makes a real difference. Getting it off, using a pure water rinse is also a reason to use a vacuum cleaner, rather than a forced air dryer.
So, a little more involved, cheaper, and very good results. That’s the direction I’m heading in for my next machine, with a few tweaks. (Rush recycles his bath water and filters it too, and I think used a relatively inexpensive (under $500) ultrasonic machine.
Have fun. To me, the combination of ultrasonic and point nozzle is fantastic!

I posed a similar question about time sharing an AFI Flat. I have had (2) responses; both negative. I would have hoped that the Audiodesk or a Klaudio would have garnered a better response.

 I have an Audiodesk and consider it indispensable for Vinyl guys.

Yes! ; I do have a labor intensive regime; It is worthwhile.

THE SOURCE, VINYL, contains so much more info, detail, "data" than most will ever realize out of this media.

Records; now 50+ years old, given a great cleaning, amaze me with what is in the grooves. I have listened to some amazing digital gear / systems and admit that it is most likely the future of audio; but if you have a large collection of vinyl, the US cleaners are worth having to use.

If you want to try it; I highly recommend Dave Burton "Record Genie. com" His service is great! You can trust your vinyl in his hands.

In the age, BD ( Before Digital ) We All had vinyl and got Together. Now it seems that Vinyl guys are mostly in a "loner world"

Anyone have any suggestions as to how to bring guys together? Suggestions Welcome. Kinda rambling here; So.......

Best Wishes to All on this Journey.

Brings a lot of pleasure.
Norb

Norb- my suspicion is the audio clubs, such as they are--there seems to be a resurgence of them now-- are the most likely places to find the flatteners and expensive cleaning machines as a part of a group buy.

whart,

I have looked at CAS site. There meetings all seem to be in the 'burbs. I would want to meet people in Chicago.

Thanks
Norb