Lp playback rituals

You have to have some kind of carbon fiber brush.
Then you could probably use a Zerodust stylus cleaner.

That should get you started for around $70.

Cheers,
John

Not trying to be rude so dont get bent, but this has been talked about over and over so do a search and you will find many ideas and opinions.

Along the lines of what John is saying, this notion of there being some kind of ritual is really exaggerated.

If you're the least bit handy you can build your own vacuum record cleaning machine. For the majority of LPs I clean them once with mine, put them into new sleeves and that's about it.

When I take one out to play I just give it a quick wipe with a carbon fiber brush and enjoy.

I do use a piece of Magic Eraser to clean the stylus after each lp side, followed by a few brushes with a soft stylus brush. But the Zerodust John mentioned does a good job as well.

That's all the ritual I have. I guess I spend maybe an extra minute to spin an LP vs. popping in a cd.

Checkout the thread titles "Record-Playing Rituals" at the top of the analog page. It has been running since 2001 and has over 150 responses.