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Originally Posted by Formerly YB-2
Anyone here used one? Lots of BS & some controversy with the founder, but most reviews are positive. MFremer has an in-depth review somewhere on his Analog Planet website. Am thinking that the Kirmuss for washing and my CA as the dryer might make a good combination.
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Glenn. I'd approach this system with some caution, or at least eyes wide open. Apparently there were a number of complaints that unless you fully wash the record first with his special brush and solution and get all of the white stuff that comes out of the grooves fully removed, it can result in sludge building up on the stylus tip that can actually damage the cartridge. MF wrote about this on his analog planet website. It may also be one of the reasons that Kirmuss markets his product as a record restoration system rather than just a RCM.
For me, I want nothing to do with any system that would have me invest 30 or 40 minutes of hand washing work just to get a record "restored" and that's before it goes into the ultra sonic bath. And then there's the drying since his machine doesn't do that.
I visited his booth at RMAF 2018 and got a back ache just standing there waiting to see results.
Hard pass for me, but that's just my personal view YMMV.