GO WITH THE AUDIOQUEST. IT IS SUPERIOR IN EVERY WAY. I have both, as well as a VPI 16.5 and a half a dozen other devices that I've purchased over the years. I bought the Hunt on the recommendation of various publications, and immidiately wondered what they were all thinking. Getting dust off the record is one thing.... getting dust off the brush is another, and that is very difficult with the Hunt. It boasts BOTH the carbon fiber, (The AQ brush is 100% carbon Fiber) and a velvet pad. However there is too little carbon fiber to have any benefit, and I find the pad is far more likely to move the dust around than lift it off.
The Disc Doctor, the chemist who makes and markets Michel Fremmer and the Library of Congress' preferred (and dreadfully expensive) cleaning fluid recommends, the AQ Brush ONLY, for use after a wet cleaning. By the way his cleaning system, though it seems somewhat unusual, doesn't require a cleaning machine.
Anyway, other than the cute little frame designed to keep the Hunt brush off the bristles (AQ has one too that cleans the fibers of dust and static electricity. It rotates so as to always be in the right position) I find the Hunt brush useless. (OK, I occasionally use it to pre-brush an LP prior to a wet clean, but prefer one of a couple of other older units for even that mundane function.) Anyway, If you want a Hunt, I'll send mine to you for $5 and shipping. (Loveless@qcnet.net)
