Record Cleaning Machines: Hannl or Typhoon

Why not a loricraft?

Those are the really quiet RCMs.

Years ago I had the original Keith Monks RCM and it was a horror to use, so after all these years I still have an aversion to using a machine that uses threads.

Okay, fair enough.

Another Audiogon member also decided he did not like the Loricraft, and he bought the Clearaudio Double Smart Matrix RCM. He said it cleans at least as good as the Loricraft, and it cleans both sides at once, which is pretty cool. He said the noise level was more than the Loricraft, but less than the VPI, (which he used to have before the Loricraft).

Hope this helps!

The Typhoon is quieter than the 17 but by no means is it quiet. It is an excellent machine.

My Loricraft is so quiet you can listen to music/TV or have a conversation while you're cleaning. It replaced a Nitty Gritty 2.5, which was quite loud and ran pretty hot after 5 or 6 sides - the Loricraft runs very cool - - - literally for hours, if need be. Thread management on the Loricraft hasn't been a problem for me.