I use a Hunts brush.....does a good job...no need for a multi-thousand dollar machine that takes up space and is a pia to use. I hardly ever use my NittyGritty...just not worth the trouble.
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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@stringreen, so a sweep with the Hunt brush (which I also own, along with a Decca, Audioquest, and Discwasher) gets all the "stuff" out of the grooves and off the surfaces of the used LP's you add to your collection? Or you don't buy used? I've bought more used this year than new, and there's no way I'm gonna use my stylus to remove the gunk from the groove of a previously owned LP. That's like using someone else's toothbrush! |
Am fortunate to be a member of the weekly listening sessions at Albert Porter's house and a KL owner. Our response to the Degritters results are uniformly positive. In fact records played after Degritter cleaning seem to play louder!!!(assume this comes from a lower noise floor and a sense of greater dynamic range-we assume that the greater cleaning efficacy is due to the higher cleaning frequency). |
FYI, I've started a series of reviews of the unit - here's the first vid, more to come over the next several dayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWKjmP4x6i8 |
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