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Old 03-19-2011, 06:59 PM
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RECORD CLEANING SUCKS

Has to be done but time consuming and tiresome as hell. What do other AAers think about cleaning vinyl?
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Old 03-19-2011, 07:02 PM
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RECORD CLEANING SUCKS

Has to be done but time consuming and tiresome as hell. What do other AAers think about cleaning vinyl?
Bad day of cleaning vinyl is better than a good day at work....
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Old 03-19-2011, 07:19 PM
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well said Jeff. Ok, I'm with you. Shut down the thread. I'm an idiot
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RECORD CLEANING SUCKS

Has to be done but time consuming and tiresome as hell. What do other AAers think about cleaning vinyl?
When they get dirty.......
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Old 03-19-2011, 07:26 PM
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Old 03-19-2011, 07:33 PM
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Jim...I knew you would chime in on this one
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Never really bothered me that much...

But then again, my Loricraft is a lot quieter than the VPI's.
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Never really bothered me that much...

But then again, my Loricraft is a lot quieter than the VPI's.
Jeff...I don't care too much about the loudness of the VPI 16.5 rather I am following your 2-step cleaning suggestion from one of your blogs on Tone Audio using the Mobile Fidelity Super Record Wash and the PURE Record Rinse and it takes a minimum of 6-8 mins per LP. So if you clean 10 LPs you are talking about an hour to clean them. It's just a drag. I did a whole bunch today so I can have some LPs to listen to tonight (I still have about 160LPs I have to go through) and it just feels like a drag is all. But as (the other) Jeff said in the large scheme of things, this is a minor annoyance
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Jeff...I don't care too much about the loudness of the VPI 16.5 rather I am following your 2-step cleaning suggestion from one of your blogs on Tone Audio using the Mobile Fidelity Super Record Wash and the PURE Record Rinse and it takes a minimum of 6-8 mins per LP. So if you clean 10 LPs you are talking about an hour to clean them. It's just a drag. I did a whole bunch today so I can have some LPs to listen to tonight (I still have about 160LPs I have to go through) and it just feels like a drag is all. But as (the other) Jeff said in the large scheme of things, this is a minor annoyance
I agree completely, Cyril. For those of us that can't afford a Loricraft, cleaning on the VPI is more of a hassle, IMHO. Depending on how dirty the record is prior to cleaning, I've been doing a 3-5 step cleaning per side (2 to 3 cleaning fluids, 1 or 2 distilled water rinses) and I find it takes me 6-8 mins per LP. The cycle time per record definitely has had me procrastinating getting a lot of recent LP acquisitions from being cleaned.

I will say that having gotten a Spin-Clean this week, I can clean a whole passel of records much faster; like 5 in 5 minutes. Most of these are clean enough to play directly w/o further cleaning. For those that don't get sufficiently clean or quiet enough off the Spin-Clean, I put through the VPI for 2 passes, a cleaning fluid pass, and a distilled water pass.

This lets me "batch and queue" a lot more records more quickly.

Also, I find that the AIVS solutions clean more effectively than MoFI. Just my 2¢, but I have compared them extensively.

Something to think about......

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Folks, you need the Audiodesk Systeme ultrasonic cleaner. Literally press and forget.

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