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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
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slaw
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On the Chinese cleaner I was always setting the heater @ 45 C with no real noticeable changes during the cleaning cycle. With the Vibrato, I'm using 38 C with the temperature rising to slightly above 40 C in a 30 minute cycle. Oh yeah, I was using a 40 minute cycle on the other cleaner.

Yes, the Vibrato allows 1 degree increments whereas the other was in 5 degree increments. Another big plus here!
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The Vibrato has a degauss feature. According to the "manual", if you run the unit for ten minutes with the cover on, in your later cleaning cycle, the temp will not vary as much. Well, for whatever reason, this works. Whether or not it helps in any way, I cannot say.
totem395
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@slaw

The Vibrato has a degauss feature.

Where you previously doing a manual degaussing step
prior to the Vibrato?
jtimothya
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Upon having everything filled and ready to go with the carbon filter I had bought before the old tank bit the dust, I fired it up and black water was filling the tank...... Note to self, (Always, run water through a new carbon filter well, before initial use). Now that is out of the way, the first thing I noticed is how quiet the unit is! What a welcome nicety.

I've not heard of using a carbon filter with ultrasonic cleaning.  Typically it is used for odor and taste in, eg, an RO system.  
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@totem395,

With the Chinese tank, I found that running the cleaner while having the filter pump on for several minutes did a good job getting rid of the "slurry" in the bottom of the tank after sitting unused for several days.
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