Too much trouble! I've never wanted to be cleaning records as a hobby. These RCM manufactures pray on the venerable.
Who Uses KIRMUSS Restoration System?
I met Charles Kirmuss recently at the NY Audio Show, Michael Fremer calls him a Propeller Head, I found him convincing,
https://kirmussaudio.com/ka-rc-1-ultrasonic-record-restoration-system/
WHO has/uses his system?
One option is to simply buy and use his spray to change the polarity of my solution while manually scrubbing
another is to buy Upscale’s package for $1,199, the revised slots let you clean 3 12" LPs, 1 7", no 10" slot for 78’s, (default design is 2-12, 1=10", 1-7")" and the price matches the discounted ’show’ price
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I watched a long slow video, haven't seen this, but it is only 5 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgU9lzVfkug
@faustuss Pretty sure you meant vulnerable! |
here is the base unit from Alibaba, $330. using the same 35khz https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/7-5L-350-410W-Power-Adjustable_1601011236869.html |
I’m also thinking about HumminGuru for essentially clean LPs, or a final clean after a manual scrub of a dirty one. $490. delivered, already in usa so no import tarriff. I really like it's small size, easy for me to keep on bottom shelf of my audio rack.
A separate decision, for my manual scrub, his positively charged cleaning fluid? 10oz, $95. Who’s happy with HumminGuru? Who thinks positive charge of cleaning fluid would make any difference?
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I sat through his demos twice at SWAF. In my opinion, the system works and works well. But the reality is that the amount of time and effort involved is insane. 20 minutes to clean approximately 45 minutes of music (or less). I've been tempted to get it and treat it like a regular ultrasonic cleaner. The ability to run 3 LPs through an ultrasonic at the same time is appealing. Then if something is really needing the full process, maybe make the effort occasionally. But the thought of doing this for every album - no way. Let's say you do the full 3 at a time and you can get to running 25 minutes per cycle. If you have 1000 LPs, that's 138 cleaning. Almost 6 full days that you could have been listening to records. And really 1000 discs ins't even a significantly large collection when you consider how many albums are 2 LPs. Costs aside, it's very hard to justify even though it does ultimately work very well. |

