If you don’t mind rotating the records yourself, you can get a Spin Clean record cleaner for $80 that comes with 4 ozs of cleaning fluid (good for about 5 tanks) and two drying cloths. You can make more cleaning fluid with 2/3 distilled water, 1/3 90+% isopropyl alcohol and two drops of dishwashing liquid per 4 ozs. Then just rotate the record in one direction and then the other. The instructions say rotate 3-4 times each direction, but I found it necessary to rotate more, depending upon the condition of the record. I rotate anywhere from 20-50 times each direction, and then dry the record off and see how it plays. Repeat as needed. Works for me.
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Had a Kirmuss...sold it before opening the box. I will not spray anything on my "expensive" record collection, especially something called "defactant". I saw it in action and was convinced and bought it. I did see the "white toothpaste" commonly discussed it left behind on an older record, as it was demonstrated at a local store with 2 free cleanings. I have an Okki Nokki in the process of selling and broken down and bought an Audiodesk and soooooooo glad I did. |
@andrewkelley if you want the very best cleaner for the very best sonics, get an UC (ultrasonic cleaner). Since the automatic UC are $3-4k such as the Audiodesk, you'll have to get a manual one. I highly recommend a Kirmuss Audio Ultrasonic cleaner which I intend to purchase in a month or so. In July 2019 Stereophile Analog Corner, Michael Fremer begrudgingly (Fremer questioned many of the inventor's scientific claims) endorsed the results as being at least equal and sometimes better than his automatic UC. There are cheaper more homemade type versions of UC out there, but the Kirmuss is a better finished product. $900 Elusive Disc - package deal $900 Upscale Audio - 3LPs vs 2 at a time |
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