Hi Opus88, what I witnessed was an extremely simple single step process. . . and trust me, there was no reduced dynamics nor bandwidth. . . we went from a 'cute legacy sound with quaint compression'. . . to 'oh wow!' G.
- ...
- 22 posts total
By far the best groove cleaning machines regardless of water as long as it is distilled once without any other issue and clean works miracles I am referring to the Monks type RCMs. The second best is the sacrifice a cheap cartridge stylus method. Run the record with the no sound on a cheap TT. Use an eliptical cartridge AT makes some cheap ones outfitted with a good "needle". The stylus goes into the groove of course and grabs the schmutz as Corona says. Unfortunately once is not enough. Do it three times, then finish with a velvet brush and any cleaning solution and rinse you have. I am not kidding, you are saying that the record is damaged using this method. I argue not so brother. |
Mechans By far the best groove cleaning machines regardless of water as long as it is distilled once without any other issue and clean works miracles I am referring to the Monks type RCMs. That's what I have, except it's the German version of the Keith Monks http://cgim.audiogon.com/i/vs/i/f/1184571050.jpg This is the rest: Albertporter System What Guidocorona heard was Duke Ellington which had been cleaned once with VPI and two additional times with the machine in the link (above) with Walker and AI. The fourth time, the cleaning that made the "extreme" difference Guido speaks of, is the new Enzyme cleaner from Record Research. I've been using it as a beta sample for a month or two and although it's only (1) wash and (1) rinse (2 steps total-SIMPLE !), it performs better than anything else I've tried. I think they are shipping now and this new stuff is sold under the MoFi trademark at Music Direct. I just got 24 bottles and assume this production run is identical to the Beta. I should know this next week, although Raul is here tomorrow with his new preamp so it will probably be crazy. |
Along with steaming using distilled water and disk doctor miracle solution also using Nerl lab grade water as a double rinse. My vinyl has not sounded better using any of the other cleaning methods i have tried. And thats more than a hand full of solutions and cleaning methods. Though i am always looking and reading more testimonials about new and tried methods. I am beginning to believe that its possible to go over board with vinyl cleaning. The improvements gained are audible but at this time there are getting very small if any. I am most definitely listening to music more than ever and starting to leave the small stuff behind. Though i acknowledge that there always will be improvements in vinyl cleaning and most other things. |
- 22 posts total