A $349 record brush


In the current Absolute Sound Product of the Year section. They picked the Ramar Record Brush No. 1. Seems like most of the cost is a result of the wood casing. Claims it can get every single atom of dust. I thought my Hunt EDA Mark 6 was expensive. Anyone getting this under the Christmas Tree??

luxmancl38

The Ramar has sharp edges millimeters away from your vinyl. Not a common sense design IMO and then to have the audacity to charge $350 for it is just ludicrous. 

Seems I'm cheaping out with a $25 brush with 10µ tips! Mind you, that's used during wet cleaning. Once done, nothing except air from a blower brush and a diamond touches the grooves.

For those of you who have decided to eschew TAS, while I completely understand and struggle with the implications at every renewal, here is why I have continued to subscribe.  Like life itself in order to prevent vertigo we need perspective.  If having resonable discussions in forums like this one provides a grounding, then rags like TAS provide a starry eyed perspective of what might not be practical in all cases, but perhaps what is possible in a dream.  Besides Mikey Fremer is now writing there and I do like to keep track of his musings.

With respect to the $350 brush all I have to say is: Oy Veh!