Whats on your turntable tonight?

@slaw

Just noticed your post on the Record Doctor. I used one for decades. Never gave any trouble. The problem with vacuum cleaners is they introduce static.

I have to admit, initially I was a bit underwhelmed. But as I said, I think there is a certain way and pace you have to use it. I thought of getting a Nitty Gritty, or a unit as your VPI, but finally convinced myself I could turn the darn thing by hand. But, I do think I was spinning too fast. Also, when using *a lot* of fluid, and ‘sudsing’ the album, I don’t think the results seemed great simply vacuuming that off, alone. That’s when I used the record cleaner, ‘suds’ the album, vacuum, run it through the Spin Clean, and a final vacuum.

That seems to work on never/long non-cleaned albums, or, ones which have only been through my Spin Clean. Those albums were noticeably quieter after that regiment.

Static? Yea, always a pain. And it isn’t winter yet. Last year I bought a humidifier. You could be very right about a vacuum creating static, but it doesn’t seem as much as me drying the albums by hand with the Spin Clean cloths. I have a Zerostat, but will keep my eye out on that DESTAT.

@bkeske,

IME, it's best to modify your fluid application to allow for no more than 2 rotations to completely dry the record. Any more than that introduces more than necessary static.

Bach - Brandenburgische Konzerte Nr. 1-6, box set. Concentus Musicus Wien. Telefunken, German pressing 1982

Can't remember when I last played this.

Houses of the Holy ... Led Zeppelin.

Love that album Uber. Don’t have it on vinyl though, just their CD box set. Back in the day, we Dead Heads looked down on the ‘soper taking’ Zeppelin guys 😁 Ya know, we were into acid.

Thus, never ever bought any Zep on vinyl. Would like to have some now though.

Come to think of it though, I believe I had #2 on 8-track.