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CleanerVinyl-Ultrasonic record cleaner

I purchased a Cleanervinyl Pro recently and am very impressed with it! I have used vacuum style cleaners for many years. Last year I purchased a $3000.00 vacuum style record cleaner and thought that was about as good as I was going to get for cleaning records, but I was wrong. The CleanerVinyl Pro system cost me around $600.00, it is far superior to vacuum style cleaners. I took some lp’s that I couldn’t get fully clean with my Vacuum record cleaner and was able to get them clean with the CleanerVinyl system. You can see the crud that collects in the bottom of the machine, and these were already cleaned with a vacuum record cleaner.
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dgarretson
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@slaw 

The potential issue is excessive heat, not force or pulsing action per se.  Keeping the LP in rotation and the bath temp below 45C addresses the heat issue. In addition, the Elma allows you to dial down the pulsing mechanism, if desired.  
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slaw
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I believe there is a compelling argument to make regarding the unforeseen damage a diamond dragging across a record vs. a forceful agitation process while one’s records are in a bath.

The jury is not out yet.
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slaw
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@dgarretson ,

You are correct. I don't recall your mentioning your heat/heat setting in your post above, which is why I did not address it.
dmgrant1
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Hello,

Might I ask which model of the Elma brand would be recommended?
Thank you.
pryso
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slaw, thanks for bringing up steaming, something I've wondered about before jumping into the US circle.

So where does that rank in an absolute sense between wet/vacuum cleaning and US cleaning?  I realize the cost difference is significant but that is a choice everyone needs to make for themselves.  For those who have tried both, what are the sonic result comparisons between steam and US?

Thanks
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