@audiom3- don’t give up on a record just yet. One thing I learned, aside from the various fiddling you may do with the ultrasonic, is that a good old fashioned cleaning, using something like AIVS No. 15 and rinse will, in combination with US, sometimes take a record from noisy to clean. And it requires multiple cleanings sometimes too. It may not be worth the trouble for some easy to get, fairly cheap record, but if it is rare and valuable, well worth the trouble. I don’t rely exclusively on ultrasonic, but combine traditional cleaning with US and that’s where I’ve found the best results on troublesome records. (No guarantee- record could be permanently damaged, but sometimes, it works and worth the effort in the instances I mentioned).
Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning
My Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic record cleaner arrived today and it’s impressive.
Everything I’d read indicated that ultrasonic was the way to go, and now I count myself among the believers. Everything is better - records are quieter, less ticks and pops, more detail etc.
All my records had been previously cleaned with a vacuum record cleaner and were well cared for. Nonetheless, the difference is obvious and overwhelmingly positive.
Phil
Everything I’d read indicated that ultrasonic was the way to go, and now I count myself among the believers. Everything is better - records are quieter, less ticks and pops, more detail etc.
All my records had been previously cleaned with a vacuum record cleaner and were well cared for. Nonetheless, the difference is obvious and overwhelmingly positive.
Phil
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