I was fortunate to grab an Audiodesk with the newer wiper blade design on sale here Black Friday($3600 cdn), after deciding against using the Kirmuss on my records. I did a dollar evaluation of my collection and it's value far out weighed spraying that "defactant" on them. Plus having seen it in action I was impressed but skeptical, it does leave that white toothpaste film after. The number of times it overheated and shut off, then having to wait "20" minutes for cool down turned me off it.
A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner
I just purchased these two items from Amazon (PRIME)...
An Album Rotation device - holds 5 albums...
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07PNCVMZ3/ref=pe_3034960_236394800_TE_dp_1
An Utransonic Cleaning Tub
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07HNQ26WT/ref=pe_3034960_236394800_TE_dp_f1
The rotation device is extremely well built and fits the tub perfectly. The tub also looks well made, but is a bit noisy, but that is normal from what I have read..
I have just finished cleaning some 30+ albums and found the complete unit is extremely good at getting rid of those crackles and pops - even finger prints and other grunge - with minimal effort
The tub defaults to a wash time of 5 minute (I used 10 minutes) and I reduced default temperature to 20 Celsius, but the ultrasonic process warms the water up, so by the time I had finished some 35+ albums it was 30 Celsius.
Even had a friend come over with 3 of his dirtiest albums - grunge + finger prints - just plain grubby. Ten minutes of cleaning and voila - shiney like new (apart from the scratches) playing the album was almost noise free - probably needed a second wash.
So the total cost for both units was around $450 from Amazon.ca ($370 from Amazon.com)) for the two pieces - which from what I have been seeing is perhaps the lowest price for an Ultrasonic cleaner out there.
Eager to try the unit that arrived yesterday, I only used distilled water - without any additive
What additive does the absolute best job ?
What difference does it make?
Or should I just stick with distilled water?
Thanks for any feedback.
One of the best analogue related value for money products I have ever purchased
At this rate I’ll clean my entire vinyl library pretty quickly AND do some of the wife’s jewellery :-)
If you are looking for something that actually cleans you vinyl well - consider these products.
Regards - Steve
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An Album Rotation device - holds 5 albums...
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07PNCVMZ3/ref=pe_3034960_236394800_TE_dp_1
An Utransonic Cleaning Tub
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07HNQ26WT/ref=pe_3034960_236394800_TE_dp_f1
The rotation device is extremely well built and fits the tub perfectly. The tub also looks well made, but is a bit noisy, but that is normal from what I have read..
I have just finished cleaning some 30+ albums and found the complete unit is extremely good at getting rid of those crackles and pops - even finger prints and other grunge - with minimal effort
The tub defaults to a wash time of 5 minute (I used 10 minutes) and I reduced default temperature to 20 Celsius, but the ultrasonic process warms the water up, so by the time I had finished some 35+ albums it was 30 Celsius.
Even had a friend come over with 3 of his dirtiest albums - grunge + finger prints - just plain grubby. Ten minutes of cleaning and voila - shiney like new (apart from the scratches) playing the album was almost noise free - probably needed a second wash.
So the total cost for both units was around $450 from Amazon.ca ($370 from Amazon.com)) for the two pieces - which from what I have been seeing is perhaps the lowest price for an Ultrasonic cleaner out there.
Eager to try the unit that arrived yesterday, I only used distilled water - without any additive
What additive does the absolute best job ?
What difference does it make?
Or should I just stick with distilled water?
Thanks for any feedback.
One of the best analogue related value for money products I have ever purchased
At this rate I’ll clean my entire vinyl library pretty quickly AND do some of the wife’s jewellery :-)
If you are looking for something that actually cleans you vinyl well - consider these products.
Regards - Steve
.