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Thumbs up for ultrasonic record cleaning

My Cleaner Vinyl ultrasonic record cleaner arrived today and it’s impressive.

Everything I’d read indicated that ultrasonic was the way to go, and now I count myself among the believers. Everything is better - records are quieter, less ticks and pops, more detail etc.

All my records had been previously cleaned with a vacuum record cleaner and were well cared for. Nonetheless, the difference is obvious and overwhelmingly positive.

Phil
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phil0618 OP
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@stringreen

I agree that in general the vacuum method is better than nothing, but the US method seems far superior.  It may or may not be "worth it" to you, but there is a difference.  But you are focused on the right things...

Enjoying the music and embracing passions.

@terry thank you for defining what you meant by "heroic rinsing".  That's amazing.
pryso
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stringreen, did you buy all or most of your records new?  I believe that can make a big difference, particularly if one is careful about how they treat/handle their records, which I suspect you may be.

But I've become a believer in US even without yet owning one, simply based upon the overwhelming positive comments I've read on line.

My first record cleaner was a Nitty Gritty but it had the manual record rotation.  I soon grew tired of that and bought a VPI 16.5.  That changed my whole attitude about record cleaning.  Now I plan to get an US device but will keep my 16.5 for rinsing and drying. 
terry9
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@slaw 

You are most welcome. Do let us know about your next experiment.

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slaw
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@terry9,

I was somewhat surprised you set a 50% improvement with a triple stage filtering & heroic rinsing. Not to doubt you at all. This gives me more to look forward to.

Ever tried a carbon impregnated filter? Is this a possibility in our application?


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folkfreak
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Just wanted to chime in on this thread with a shout out for the after sales service from Klaudio on their cleaners. I’ve had an LP200 since last August and love it but in the past month the motor driving the LP started to whine and in many cases would not power the LP round. I contacted my dealer and he suggested I ship it back to KL. Concerned I didn’t want to do this without an RMA I filled in a form in the KL website and next day (although it was a holiday) I got an RMA and also an email for a free shipping label. Shipped it off and less than a week later got it back with new motor and rollers. All in all this is just what you expect in after sales service but is too rarely what you receive. So if you do spring for the Klaudio models you can be confident they stand behind them well
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