Vinyl Care

Perhaps I should weigh in again.  It is HumminGuru.  I have one of their 2nd generation Nova machines and I use it in conjunction with my new VPI MW-1 Cyclone.  The VPI does the heavy cleaning and the HG does the final touches.  This is way beyond the scope of what twangy57 needs.  He has a bunch of old records that might have beer, coke, peanut butter and jelly, cobwebs, dust and grit, and what not on them.  He needs scrub-a-dub, not a nuanced for precious new audiophile records approach.  Finally, for those who really want to really learn all there is to know at the current time about cleaning vinyl records, google Neil Antin and get his book on cleaning vinyl records, now in the 3rd edition.  It is free.  It has all the information, based on science, not the opinion of some nut case wallowing in delusions caused by sniffing the fumes of his misbegotten alchemy.

@twangy57 

It's not as bad as it sounds. But once you start listening to clean records, you will never be able to enjoy a dirty one! 

https://www.groovewasher.com 

Just get the big kit with all the stuff. It will handle all your needs. 

triton20trx

Are you saying the Hunninguru cost between 4-500$?

Thanks

billstevenson

Thanks Bill,I will look for that book when I get serious about it.

I don't think I will bother cleaning most of my old records because a lot of them were giving to me in bad shape(scratches and such),and I really wouldn’t listen to most of them anymore just because of the music it self.

I will clean the newer albums I have bought the last few years,these are in almost new condition because my turntable went out just after I bought them.

Just let me know if and when you want to sell me your old VPI.

Thanks again,

Yes, that is a McIntosh mx110z tube tuner preamp. I designed a ventilated equipment surround/stand to stack a heavy amp independently over it. Here the preamp slides out without disrupting the amp above.

photos of the stand here

I bought it used and had it renewed by Audio Classics, I would get another in an instant if it died. I get remote volume and remote balance from a Chase Remote Line Controller RLC-1. My Cayin Integrated Amp also has remote volume but not balance.

I love the sound of mx110z’s MM Phono, so I use a SUT with 3 inputs for my MC Cartridges, PASS for MM, and just changed two of my 3 tonearms and acquired 4 vintage cartridges with line contact profiles on beryllium cantilevers.

Former, only 1 removable headshell

Just installed repaired JVC Victor 11-1/8" ua-7082 on right side and Jelco SA-250 on left side, now 3 removable headshells, involved USA, Japan, Australia, Germany, Canada

 

 

 

manual scrub of dirty records, once, then just wipe the paper dust off each play. Amazing how much better they sound.

 

fluid: I use the fluid they send you in the kit, add alcohol, add a few drops of jet dry dishwasher rinse stuff, then only distilled water in the spinner, batches of 10.

 

 

baby scalp brush for vigorous scrub.

 

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lid from Chinese soup container to protect paper label

 

rinse with distilled water only in the spinner.

 

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