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Degritter brand ultrasonic record cleaner

I received notification yesterday that the Degritter ultrasonic record cleaner is finally making it into production. I have been watching the company for about a year, as the cleaner has moved from prototype to beta testing , and now to a limited production of the finalized (we’ll see ;-) version. The design is excellent, eliminating my reservations about the high-priced (around $4,000) ultrasonic cleaners, at a little over half their price (just over $2,000, last I read). The Degritter uses 120kHz as it’s ultrasonic frequency, and features water filtering and disc drying. It also looks cool, like a 1950’s toaster! Details available on the companys website.
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prof
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Well, the company has had some teething problems with the retail machines but have apparently sorted those out.
I just got word my Degritter RC is on the way so I'll be able to hopefully report on it soon (next week).
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whart
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@prof - will this be your first US RCM?
prof
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whart,

Yes.
And my first attempt to clean any of my records (aside from a record brush).

I’ve been building my vinyl collection this year at a furious pace, and
need to clean many of them, but I’m way too lazy for any other cleaning regimen.


If this machine doesn’t work out for me I doubt I’ll bother cleaning my records. But, fingers crossed....
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whart
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It should work. I've had several machines and the only shortcoming I've found is that some records need more work- for those you could do a manual pre-clean with a fluid like AIVS #15, rinse it, then stick it into the US. I do find that US adds something to otherwise high grade record cleaning using something on the order of the Monks, which I like very much. 
I find the combined methods synergistic, but for new records or pristine audiophile owned copies, the US should be fine. You may also be able to experiment with how much of the manufacturer's fluid you want to use- that was an early adopter trick with the Audio Desk as well. 
Let us know how you fare- i suspect you'll be pleased. I assume you bought yourself some fresh aftermarket inner sleeves? 
prof
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Thank whart.

Yes I bought a whole batch of the Ultimate Audiophile Inner Sleeves from sleevecity.  By far the best inner sleeves I've ever found.  All waiting to be used.

I admit I find it almost a bit galling to consider that something other than an US cleaning might be necessary, given the way US purportedly works it's hard to imagine what could do better at getting in to those record grooves.

I buy a lot of used records from discogs. But I'd have to say significant surface noise has been fairly rare, even when the record looks dirtier than it sounds.


So I think I'll get along ok with just the US.  I don't want to add more work, which for me would defeat the purpose of buying this press-a-button-and-walk-away cleaning machine.


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