Audio Desk Record Cleaner


Does anyone have info or experience with their new Ultrasonic Vinyl Cleaning System. I believe it retails for $3500. Don
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Showing 2 responses by terry9

I second Wntrmute. DIY for less money.

I spent half the potential savings on an industrial grade 80 KHz machine, which puts more energy into tiny crevasses (like record grooves). The improvement over the 16.5 is huge - one Archiv record went from unlistenably noisy to averagely quiet.

Can't bear to think of what those (relatively) filthy records were doing to my expensive styli before - but never again.
My US cleaning process is:
1. ultrasonic bath, 15 minutes
2. reverse osmosis rinse
3. distilled water rinse
4. air dry

A simple frame with slow motor provides for the cleaning of 4 records at a time.

Total cost: a bit more than 2K.

Suteetat, the fact that your unit is noisy suggests that it operates at a lower frequency. Have you considered asking your manufacturer to increase the frequency to 80 KHz or more? Also, have you considered moving the record in the bath with a motor, so that no part of the record sits in a low energy dead spot for very long?