RRL Cleaner, Vinyl Zyme, and Groove Glide

Styx: The answer is to experiment, and let your ears decide. And, it may very well vary from record to record.
Strongly suggest a RCM, even the lowliest.
Just read Mikey F's Compleat Guide to R-C'ing, and yikes...talk about A-C disorder. At what I'd estimate at 20 minutes per side, 1 record per day, several man-years invested here...

Strongly suggest a RCM, even the lowliest. At the least, using DD per instructions, you'll be ahead.

Congrats on trying vinyl again...
And please ignore the Famus Audio Revuer, who's wound up so tight that he says it's required to adjust VTA before playing each record.

I finnaly got my DIY working right after the same plight of lifting the record off the base. Dan ed is right for me one hole did the trick on my mini 1hp Shop Vac. I also found out that I was using too much RRL fluid. I found that three small drops evenly spaced then smeared across the width of the record works best(using a Carbon fiber brush). Don't give up on it styx, it's worth the effort. Styx, try a fabric store and look for(if I remember right) a glue called: I can't remember, something 9. I'll have to get back to you on that name, I don't have a computer at home, just work. All in all it does a job, but I still wonder if I am getting all the gunk out? hey, Doug how much to clean one of my records with your Loricraft?

Colitas,
Glad you got it working. I agree about the amount of RRL, less is more IME. Typically I dribble one row of almost-touching drops across the grooves, excluding the runout grooves. That meters the # of drops relative to the amount of groove space to be cleaned. If I use any more it actually cleans *worse*, and costs more of course.

If you want me to test clean a few records no problem. No charge except return postage. Drop me an email and I'll give you my office address to ship to (safer for receiving than my unattended front porch).

Shasta,
I love Mikey as much as anyone (20 minutes/side?!) but there are two music lovers in my home who will politely disagree with your view on VTA.

If all lacquers were cut at the same angle, all records pressed on the same vinyl then you'd be right. But they weren't and they aren't.

Whether you choose to ignore those facts or optimize for them is up to you of course, but don't assume that someone gets less pleasure from music than you because they take a few seconds to adjust their rig for each record. Do violinists enjoy music less than clarinetists because their instruments need constant tuning? You do whatever your sometimes imperfect tools require.

I loved Mikey as much as anyone until I heard him state that RRL was alcohol based during his turntable seminar at the Stereophile show. RRL's distributor, Garth Leerer of Musical Surroundings was assiting Fremer (because he was using Clearaudio tables), told the crowd that RRL has never used alcohol. Fremer had a puzzled look on his face.

How did this excape Mikey? He's Mr. Analog. He helped save LP playback.

jes45: That's no reason to stop liking Mikey, it's just a reason to remember that we're all human, can make mistakes and sometimes operate under pre-concieved albeit false notions.

Ten bucks says that Mikey won't make that mistake again though... : ) Sean
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