KLAudio is stopping production of their Ultrasonic record cleaner.


https://klaudio.com/

KLAudio is discontinuing their top of the line ultrasonic cleaners.
they site not being able to produce them at a profitable margin.

they will be focusing on tonearms.

There will be no additional  production and sales will be from existing stock and dealers.
service will be maintained as long as possible

i absolutely love my machine.

this sounds a lot like Oppo 

if you don't have the silencer you may want to consider buying one now.
it is a fabulous accessory for much lower noise.
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I was skeptical before getting the Kirmuss thinking that the smudge was just part of the process and it was all just snake oil. But the white smudge is not consistent from record to record. Some records are smudge free after 2 cycles, while others need more attention. What I do is I have multiple brushes for applying the surfactant and I spray each brush with distilled water and dry it off with the microfiber cloth. It’s a 30 second process. 


 
The heavy wash cycle on the Degritter is now 12 min from start to finish.  This was recently increased with a firmware update.  I like it this way, no do-overs needed.  Every record gets a heavy wash to start with whether it is new or old and from that baseline I will maintain with a light or med wash going forward.

@vortrex I have been using the medium wash for the most part, but do a heavy wash on occasion. I have a question for you. Have you yet encountered the cooling cycle engaging during any of you washes?
Yes, the cooling fan engages every time I wash.  It's warm here now.    We'll see what happens in the winter.  I don't mind it coming on during the actual wash cycle but I do not agree with leaving it running after you're done washing.  My Degritter is in my audio room.  So, I need to put the machine to sleep after every wash if I plan on listening to what was just cleaned because the cooling fan runs forever even when the machine is doing nothing.  I suggested they shut the cooling fan off if another cleaning cycle is not started in XX seconds but they didn't like that idea.  I see no point in cooling water if you are not washing.
@vortrex interesting my fan does not stay on after the cleaning cycle is finished. It will come on after about a minute to two into the wash cycle (usually following the third or fourth record in a row that I have cleaned), add the two minute cooling process to the wash cycle, then go back to washing, and eventually drying. At the end of the drying cycle the machine stops. Now sometimes there will be more than one cooling process during a wash, but I am told by Degritter that during this process where the water is being filtered to cool down the record is still being cleaned.