cool! It arrives tomorrow and I’ll immediately put it to work.
This new vinyl by Analogue Productions and Craft is amazing I can tell you that much. If cleaning these records improves things further I’ll be a happy camper.
Humminguru Nova
I’ve assembled more or less a decent analog front end. I have a few hundred records in my collection that consists of new and old vinyl - mostly mint or near mint. Now I have been buying new vinyl recently. I use Knosti Disco Antistat to wash records - one for wash, one for rinse. The records air dry.
Would a Nova be a significant step up from the Knosti? Would it be effective with new vinyl? Any reason I shouldn’t get it?
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@pryso I’m having a tough time convincing myself to use a vacuum on a vinyl record. It only takes one rogue hard particle that gets lodged into the vacuum pad to completely ruin a record. I know I’m probably overly paranoid about it but that’s my take on it. |
A vacuum step can be beneficial depending on the cleaning and drying methods used. The VPI did perform better than either manual cleaning or the Spin-Clean which may be attributed to the vacuum drying step in the VPI. However, the ultrasonic cleaned record followed with a distilled water rinse and vertical spin drying resulted in the cleanest surface. The important step is spin drying on the spindle assembly in a vertical position. As I stated in my previous post the ultrasonic cleaned surface had between ~95 to 98% contamination removal which corresponds to ~2 to 5% surface contamination remaining. It would be near impossible to remove more contamination with any method unless working in a clean room environment. |
@lalitk agreed. I’m also extremely impressed with Craft Recordings. Bought a Bill Evans “Sunday At The Village Vanguard” as well as Ron Carter “Where?” and Art Blakey “Caravan”. All are excellent quality. |
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