best value - record cleaning machine

loricraft -

very quiet - you can have it in the same room as you are spinnig vinyl

records also dead quiet - much more effective at getting fluids out (combine with dstat for as close to silent vinyl)

you said best value - not least expensive

How quickly does a Loricraft do its job? Since I use three fluids, I'd have to multiply x3, and am trying to figure out how practical that would be. Thanks, Dave

dave

i do a record - both side - 4 step (Walker Fluids) in 10 minutes leasurely while I am listening to other vinyl in the same room

the vac barely gets in the way of the musical enjoyment

only problem with Walker - you mix up the enzymes for 10 records at a time - so plan on marathon cleaning sessions
good rainy day or evening stuff

"Value" is a relative term. If you spend $500 dollars for a suit from Goodwill, you have likely gotten poor value. Yet the same $500 spent on a new Armani suit is probably a good value.

Likewise, if you only have a few records, a VPI machine is a decent value. However if you have thousands of dollars (or more) invested in a vinyl collection, purchasing a high quality vacuum RCM like a Loricraft is not only a good value, but in my opinion as essential as your cartridge or a tonearm. If you want to get the best sound and preserve those precious LP's, in my experience, a high quality RCM is not a luxury but a necessity.

Cleaning is not the problem, the main difference is getting the fluid out of the grooves.
Best are Monks or Loricraft (a copy from Monks), but they are much slower, they do it "groove-by-groove"inside-out. But they are superior.
But they have their price, there is much more know how in it compared to a VPI 16.5/Hannl or similar