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On 6/15/2021 at 6:15 PM, Receiver2000 said:

I buy a bit of vinyl that usually needs a cleaning and start by using a MK1 vacuum wand that connects to my vacuum cleaner.  This seems to remove most of the gunk. If the record needs more work I use my DIY fluid (80 percent distilled water/20 percent isopropyl alcohol/1 drop of Dawn) with a microfiber cloth. On stubborn records i use the solution with a Pangea Audio Record Doctor Clean Sweep Record Brush. It is a very fine brush that dislodges anything left. If that doesnt work, you either have a shitty pressing or the record was abused. Something that I have noticed is that after a couple plays, even a relatively noisy record seems quieter. Cant explain it. 

 

If you even skim through this paper, you will find great information for record care. Good to vacuum them, that is true, but also to clean them from the chemicals that were used during pressing, and the build up of debris.

 I am too stupid to compress the paper to the right size for this forum to accept it, so you will have to go to 'The Vinyl Press' to get it. It is worth every minute of the time you spend even browsing through the paper, I promise. The photos alone are not what you might expect to see. Vinyl playback uses a microscopic medium, forever understated as to the minimum care needed.

It's pretty easy to go deep with this stuff, but I can't/don't want to help it. I enjoy the crap out of messing with stuff just to hear, or not, a difference or improvement. 

 Gotta get me one of those Tesla coils and tame some harsh CD's with it some day.

  You know, for an extra few bucks, maybe they can electroplate on a one molecule thick layer of gold.

                                                                    https://www.perfectvinylforever.com 

Oh sure, Let's up the anty a bit as it were. PVF >>> Perfect Vinyl Forever <<< offers to clean your records using ultra sound cleaning. One frequency for cleaning, and a higher frequency for rinsing. Then a triple filtered drying follows. I will try to insert their web address here, but of course you can Google it. At $5 each for cleaning, I am sending in 16 of my best albums to give it a shot. Read all of what is involved before you wince like I did. They send you a special mailer with their record sleeves, and special spacers to put between each album. You pack and send it to them and wait. Might be a week before they are returned. TOTAL cost for 16 albums cleaned and shipped = $110.

5 minutes ago, oakley104 said:

Do not have any personal experience with this topic, asking for a friend.....

 

Hell, I put up the fence before I MET the neighbors. Good thing too. One asked if I was building it high enough so that he couldn't see my wife's tits. That didn't end well. He moved soon after that.

I am betting that the journey was as good as the destination.

Holy Crap Batman! 35-50K? That is starting to sound like a digital thang. Um, why isn't there a batman emoji?

One of my favorites. JBL was at the right place at the right time. 

Dennis,

 I remember when Quad equipment was really cheap. To me, it was an obvious choice to buy one for my son when he was in high school. I think that I used it to bi-amp some speakers. It was a Marantz unit, but I forget the model.

   I can't wrap my head around the grooves of a 4 channel record, let alone the cartridge needed to read all that. Didn't get to own any quad equipment myself. What are you using for speakers in this system?

Just couldn't resist

Now days guys, they just go for the guns.

Sorry to hear that. It would have scarred me, truthfully. I am betting that these days we are relatively safe from thieves even knowing what the hell they are even looking at. 

 You know, that comment started off as a sort of joke, but now, remembering the ability of better cassette recorders, I was often surprised at the results. That really did prompt me to look at the cassette deck thread just now and make me wonder,,,, hmmm, where could I put a deck? The shop is the likely answer.

7 minutes ago, Sk1Bum said:

 

Sorry, I was using my phone, or I would have pasted in the url. I imagine it's probably listed for $250+ on ebay already.

Sk1bum, When you get the album, can you make a cassette tape for me?

Spinning Wheel was playing in my head as I stood outside the dime store downtown. Was I 10? Man, that was too long ago, yet the music remains. God bless the child.

Thanks. I did check the site, and no surprise, it is sold out. For me, $125 is too much anyway, BUT this is one of my all time favorites, only because of the music on the second side, i.e. the variations. 

I love that album, BUT what is the price?

Guy walks into a bar and orders 10 shots of whisky. Bartender asks, "Are you sure?" "Yup", says the man and starts drinking one after the other. "You best slow down there pardner" says the barkeep. Man says, nope I got to try and drink all these before the trouble starts." "What trouble?" says the barkeep. "I ain't got no money," says the man after the last shot.

It's ok, I'll wait.

Ok, hard to beat SADE. I just listened to side 4 of my new Dire Straits Bro in Arms. God,  music is deep. These performers can really smooth it all out, beautifully.

Dude, I am joking with you, I am in  a crazy mood today. But seriously, I apologize for any offense. I will hold my humor closer to my chest in the future. Sorry.

Hold on, stop the bus, wait a tick,,, um no, sorry, I can't get away with this twice in a row. SOrry.

 For the memory of my old friend Jack Cozzens, and all that he did for me when I was very young.

 This is the 50th ann. repressing of the first album that I ever owned. Jack gave it to me, but it got lost in the shuffle somewhere in time. I am not big into this kind of stuff, but then it is a tribute to someone who led me well. It will not be played until I feel that it can be properly treated/cleaned early next week.

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Absolutely outstanding<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

I just ordered the Vinyl stack to make cleaning much easier for me, and also the PVA sponge, as this was a concern of mine for drying.

 Important to note: After just skimming through the paper, I was glad that my instinct about NOT playing an album until I could receive the new stylus that I ordered, seems to be on track, after looking at the magnified photos of albums before and after damage.

 There is such important information here that helps me understand what I am up against, and how far to take the cleaning process (at this stage, I will be trusting the fluid that I will be using, noting that this may change in the future). 

  Actually, I don't go to that extent, yet I do ask myself questions about how I am cleaning, what I am using, and more. If you look at cleaning vinyl in respect to cleaning optics, then it makes sense. In other words, don't try to really clean something with a dirty cloth.