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| Record Cleaning - Ultra Sonic or My old ways r_f_sayles: I'm currently using the KL, a finished commercial product, not a "DIY," so far less flexibility on frequency. I've been advocating the DIY ultrasonics (and may buy one myself) b/c it permits you to remove the ultrasonically washed rec... | |
| Record Cleaning - Ultra Sonic or My old ways When I first started using ultrasonic several years ago, I was delighted at the ease of use- no toiling over a noisy machine, no real labor. I cleaned more records as a result. But, I also found that with older pressings of uncertain history--I bu... | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner When I had the Audio Desk, I reduced the amount of factory fluid based on input from other long time users. I could still see the effects of that fluid residue afterwards- water spread across the disc fairly evenly, as if there were still a surfac... | |
| VPI HW17 vs Loricraft PRC4 Deluxe When you guys talk about vacuum tubes, I assume you are talking about them with the mounting pillar? That way, you can have a couple of different wands mounted and swap them out in seconds- I color code them, one for cleaning fluid, one for water ... | |
| VPI HW17 vs Loricraft PRC4 Deluxe Lewm: I use a Monks which is similar to the Loricraft as a point nozzle vacuum; I have also used a VPI since the early ’80s and still have it. I have also owned both commercial ultrasonics, the Audio Desk and the KL Audio.My experience with point ... | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner Tomb- just for fun, if you have some AIVS No 15, try and reclean the Zep RL, agitating and letting it soak, then vacuum off with your Loricraft, do a water rinse with the reagent water, vacuum again, then run it through the KL again. I went throug... | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner Dave- I think the 'uber' expensive stuff has labels like 'ultra pure' and goes beyond the so-called Grade or Type 1 Water; never tried it, b/c it is crazy expensive. (I think it may be used for injectable solutions, among other things). Yeah, they... | |
| Stylus Warm-up Time It takes longer for my amps to come on song than the cartridge, but I warm everything up by playing a couple of sides without any critical listening- i'm sure that's more than enough for the cartridge. I know that the amps (Lamm ML 2) really star... | |
| One Year of TheVinylPress Thanks for the kind words, mofi. | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner I don't purport to claim some 'magic' improvement in sound as a result of water (or even fluid for that matter). What I do hear is the difference between an old record that has an unknown history of contamination (including previous haphazard clea... | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner To Rlawry's point: I pre-clean virtually every record that goes into the ultrasonic, to reduce the amount of contaminants that pollute the bath. There's no 'one way', but using a conventional vacuum record cleaning machine with appropriate fluids,... | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner Tomb- it is this stuff: [url]http://www.thermoscientific.com/en/product/nerl-reagent-grade-water.html[url]It is also available from other third party suppliers for even less than I paid, but check the shipping cost before you order- the shipping p... | |
| Premium distilled water for ultrasonic record cleaner Tomb- I use reagent grade water which is very expensive to buy at retail. I buy it in bulk. For a while, I was buying it from OpticsPlanet online, but it was more expensive each time I ordered it. A week or so ago, I checked their site, and it app... | |
| When is your Hifi good enough? Doesn't it depend on what your objective is in having the system?If it is to have the "best," I think it is an endless pursuit. Like the saying that one can never be too rich, too thin, or too good looking. (I disagree about the 'too thin' one, bu... | |
| Where to get a Hannl record cleaner serviced Hannl is not, to my knowledge, well represented here. My suggestion is to send an email to the factory. Mr. Hannl is not fluent in English, but another fellow there is. I have found them to be helpful, and they may point you in the right direction... |