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Walker Audio Prelude Record Cleaning Question -

While I am very happy with the Walker Audio Prelude record cleaning system I recently ran out of there "Ultra Pure Laboratory Grade Water" that sells for $44 for 64 oz. I started to rinse with the standard $1 a gallon distilled water in lieu of the Walker water after doing step 1 and step 2 and can not tell the difference sonically.
Has anyone gone to the extreme and compared the two types of water listed above. I have not done a direct A/B comparison between the two but just cleaning with the standard distilled water yielded very positive results and I am not sure there is much if any difference between the two water rinses but I could be wrong. Personally I feel the biggest improvement the Walker record cleaning system has over the Disc Doctor system, which I was previously using, is Step one which removes the Teflon coating on the vinyl record.
Any thoughts how critical the quality of the water is?

Johnny
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hdm
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Mark: No disrespect intended, but I think that lumping single stage distilled (or simple RO for example) in with a reagent grade water like this:

http://www.opticsplanet.net/casco-nerl-water-reagent-grade-9800-5.html

is a bit of a stretch. While true ultrapure might undergo a slightly more stringent ultrafiltration (as well as ultraviolet radiation) than a Type 1 Reagent grade like that above. I'd bet that a good reagent grade would certainly be a lot closer (possibly very close to, possibly better-we'll never know without testing both products) to the ultrapure that AIVS, Mo Fi and Walker market with there products than any single stage distilled or Walmart type "purer" water.

The price is also quite a bit different. Not cheap, mind you, but not "audiophile" priced either.
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