Vinyl Cleaning Fluid for VPI RCM

Both Disc Doctor and Paul Frumkin's Audio Intelligent are working well here with a VPI HW-17 RCM.

For both, I apply the cleaning fluid to the Disc Doctor brush and use the VPI's fluid applicator for the distilled water rinse.
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Audio Intelligent works quite well.

BROOKS BERDAN (http://www.brooksberdanltd.com/) IN CALIFORNIA BOUGHT THE TORUMAT FORMULA AND WILL BE SELLING HOPEFULLY BY NEXT YEAR. I WON'T TOUCH ANYTHING WITH ALCOHOL IN IT. THE TORUMAT IS THE BEST. THE RRL IS HORRIBLE. IT KILLED ALL THE HIGHS AND MADE THE VINYL SOUND DULL.I RESEARCHED THE INGREDIENTS AND ONE OF THEM IS ALSO FOUND IN WOMEN'S HAND LOTION.I TRIED THE VINYL-ZYME AND IT ALSO MUFFLED THE SONIC QUALITY OF THE RECORD. THE TORUMAT HAS NO ALCOHOL AND IT LUBRICATES THE VINYL AND MAKES IT ANTI STATIC WHILE CLEANING IT.IT HAS NO SONIC SIGNATURE.

To each their own, Rackdoctor. I used to use Torumat until Albert Porter recommended RRL, which I found better in every way. (Must be system dependant ...)

Are you a customer of Brooks?

Jack

Nope, not a customer of Brooks. Acoustic Image. I don't think it is system dependent. I cleaned a couple of records with the RRL and all the air and upper extension sounded dull and muffled. I returned it to Elliot at Acoustic Image and told him my experinece. A couple of months later he told me that he too noticed the same thing. Anyway, that's my experience.