Daily Record cleaning

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New LP’s "clean"? Don’t make me laugh.

You’re right, of course, but there are some that just don’t understand. Most of the dust they remove from their styli originated on the LP itself.

There’s nothing like listening to a clean LP and one-button solutions such as the Klaudio or Audio Desk make it super-easy.

I prefer to buy records in perfect condition, so I clean them ONLY when I can here there is something to clean that I can’t see.

For over 25 years I use carbon fiber brush each time before I put the needle on the record.

I use Onzow and dry stylus cleaning brush ONLY when I can see the stylus is dirty, this is clean stylus btw.

I use Cardas frequency-sweep LP for my cartridges once in a few months.

I use Zerostat 3 to eliminate static (but it rarely happens)

For removing a static charge from an LP, I for years used the good 'ol Zerostat (I still have my original red one from the 70's, plus a newer one). In the 80's or 90's I got the Nagaoka Kilavolt No. 103, which I found to be both more effective and less finicky to use. It's no longer in production, and never seen on the used market.

But the Furutech Destat III is now the one to have. Unfortunately, it retails for around 350 bucks! Being a patient guy, I kept my eyes peeled for a good deal, and eventually got one on ebay for $200. Love it.

A static remover is all but mandatory for LP's cleaned on a VPI or other vacuum record cleaning machine, the "lips" of which can create a charge on a just-cleaned LP. Vacuuming for just two revolutions minimizes that possibility, but doesn't guarantee it.

I'm pretty much in the @mijostyn camp.

I don't buy records that look like they won't clean easily.

I don't clean records before play unless I can see debris.  Then I clean with a Decca brush.

I don't clean any record unless I hear noise when playing.  Then I take it off and clean on Nitty-Gritty Automatic.  Over many decades I have found that once properly cleaned, a record almost never gets noisy again.  I have cleaned very few twice.

I have never found the Nitty-Gritty to cause static.

I clean the stylus if I can see debris on it. (I'm very short-sighted).  That's not very often.

"My opinion, people are way too obsessed. Get a little perspective." There, I'm agreeing with Miller again.

There are a ton of liquid solutions out there, i have a stylus cleaners coming, a used VPI and an AQ fibre daily brush on the way. I’ll need the liquid cleaner and a goat hair brush.

No OCD here, just trying to put together a nice package of cleaning gear, wait are you saying audio guys get obsessed hahahaa nooooooo not us Lol