VPI HW-17

Hurricane,

If you are still looking at these posts I want to add something to Rushton's post. Using the Walker or AIVS to best advantage requires two cleaning wands on your VPI. The reason for this is that these are multi stage cleaning procedures where the first two stages are cleaning agents, the last stages are rinsing. You don't want to use the same VPI Wand for both so you will need one dedicated for each. I suggest you buy a tower and wand for your VPI so swapping them in and out is a quick and easy procedure.

David,

Thanks for offer, but Elinor's post has got me thinking I need to fix two problems now. I've become sick and tired of switching wands between wash and rinse cycle for every disc, not to mention all the wand water splashing around on top trying not to cross contaminate. The VPI machine simply needs to be redesigned almost completely, after all these years you'd think VPI would address these problems. They've ignored my email as expected. I guess if you're not buying a $12K tt from them then they don't care.

Does anyone here actually use the super stiff bristle brush/liquid applicator on the VPI? That pump jets out liquid like spilling a cup of coffee on the table, what audiophile actually uses that? They need to get rid of it and replace with a second vacuum wand. Perhaps I can get my engineer to customize this for me.

The only reason 'upgrading' to Loricraft/Monk/Odyssey is a non-starter is the cleaning time for a disc, basically waiting for them to 'play' every disc twice, you gotta be kidding? As a pure 78 collector I have a hunch shellac wouldn't like staying wet during the play/clean time either, so the quick vacuum clean's my preferred method.

I've come to realize in audio, if you want the real thing and are deep in historical music, you have to have it customized, and spend years waiting for design and production. A test of patience, blogging about it on forums is probably therapeutic LOL.

My garage is on a steep incline, so I'm going to lug my VPI into my tiny backyard in the cold to clean discs today. Hope the neighbors don't get pissed off at the noise.

Hi. you could put your VPI on a high spot ie: kitchen counter, get a plastic connector and add a longer piece of drain hose and let it drip into a 5 gallon pail. I could find these at the local hardware in my town . Ugly but warm solution. But we do it all for the music ! David

I don't know if it's just leaking at the exit hole of the waste reservoir, where they designed the plastic tube to go on a slight incline before the decline. This really is so far removed from common sense it's ironically apropos for absurdity of much 'audiophile' companies. Or I don't know if it's also leaking at the vacuum motor. I'd assume the motor would've given out already if that too were leaking? Basically I have to keep the bottom enclosure off and jerry rig some way where I can see the leak(s) during use, then go from there. I can easily fix the plastic drain pipe leak by making another hole in the bottom where it never inclines from the reservoir. This is of course if the bleach spray doesn't ruin the electronics first.

I've been contemplating getting the Typhoon now and having the brush/liquid applicator replaced with another vacuum wand. I don't know if there's enough room in the chassis for another motor and waste reservoir?

Hopefully someone will respond to the other thread and post an internal picture for me.