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In the Forum: Analog Playback
In the Thread: Sensible record cleaning: vinyl piranhas and record Vaseline

Post Subject: Another revolution...Posted by Stitch on: 12/14/2011

In theory this is a nice machine and it offers a comfortable solution to clean the records.The reality showed - from what I got from owners in the last 2-2,5 years - it is ok at the beginning but after a while they all had endless problems (motor, cleaning, brushes and so on) that it was more or less a pain.And - as usual- it always got Hype from happy buyers but there are also infos out there which show the opposite. And - as usual - the next one was always better/improved...The machine always uses the same cleaning fluid (and there is a lot of it inside), the manufacturer writes, it will be filtered but this works only at the beginning. After a while there is still the dirty fluid used, the filters doesn't work the way they should, same with the brushes.From the cleaning result it is absolutely not comparable to a professional solution (nozzle design) like Monks or Loricraft offers. They are slow, but always superior in the result, and both always use new, clean fluid for the process and they are really dry after that. No matter how many records you clean in a row.

Here is a pic from cleaning fluid after using a point nozzle design. Can you imagine to use that all over again?(That was from Mint- or VG++ Records or Reissues)

Can't be superior when you use such fluid over and over again (even when 'filtered'), or?

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