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Welcome Scrappy!!!! Good to have you.

Welcome there jeremyA!!!! So good to have you. Lots of good information around here an a great group of guys.

Welcome allenwerk!!! Great to have you. Lots of help here to get things squared away. It is a fun place to hang out.

Welcome cool Neil, you have found the right place. This place is overflowing with cool. Lots of really great guys around with tons of knowledge and most of all are lots of fun. Always something good happening around here.

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.

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Welcome Glasglow Grip!!! Great to have you. You will have no problem finding help around here.

Welcome Virgil!!!! Great to have you. Good luck with that belt. There are a number of fun on- call techs available around here all the time😁. You should be able to find all that you need. So, enjoy the site, always good stuff happening around here.

Welcome metrxseven!!!! Great to have you. This is a good place to hang. Lots of good information, music suggestions and fun. Just really great guys here. Always something good happening around here. I sure miss all the old Hi-Fi shops.

Welcome chino!!!! Great to have you.

Welcome Drew!!! Hey, love your story about the Sansui.....and go USA. So happy to have you. Great guys here and lots of good stuff going on all the time.

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Whoa. How long can I expect that to take?

Welcome Troy!!! Good to know another Thiel fan. Hope that your repair goes well.

Welcome Bill Fisher!!!! Nice to have you with us. Great place you found here. Lots of great information and most of all... fun. Fantastic group of guys - always interesting, willing to help and fun to hang with.

It would. That's pretty crazy and quite different. Thanks mas52indy!!!

Welcome NullPointerException!!!!! You and I started out with the same Marantz and Dual but I had AR speakers. Still love the aqua blue glow, big tuning wheel and sariff font of Marantz gear. Good to have you. You will like it here. Lots of good guys that are loads of fun.

Dont worry Andrea's. Once you get used to it a little, you will get to know where everything is and you will really enjoy it. I was the same when I started out about a year ago.

That's an unbelievable record. The horns!!!!!!!

Welcome Lee!!!! Great to have you.

Welcome JRS!!! So good to have you. Lots of good things going on around here all the time so hope you enjoy it. These guys know lots about audio but are so much fun just to hang around with on many other topics. Enjoy!!!!

I never imagined anything like this... It is comforting to see that there is hope for us and our beloved hobby as we grow older.

Welcome solarfire!!! Great to have you with us.

Hey imafed, so good to have you. This is a great forum with teriffic guys who are always willing to help. And they are fun to hang with. Always good stuff happening around here. Welcome!!!