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?

audphile1

@audphile1 
If you use any surfactant/detergent or anything other than distilled water in your ultrasonic bath, it will require a rinse step.

@ljgerens that would make sense. But they claim they small bottle is a one step deal. Using just distilled water requires longer dry cycle so the small bottle is a drying agent. I don’t care what it is, it can’t be used as it leaves a layer on the grooves that impacts sound quality. 
I washed another record with just distilled water and it’s fine. 

I swear by my Hummin Guru. I clean all records when I get them, both used and new. It’s amazing how I can run an old record thru one or 2 cycles and make it sound like new. It also lets you see how dirty even new records are by the residue trapped in the filter. 

“Can’t beat the convenience factor of the US machine”
@audphile1 

Exactly!  I believe you will appreciate the convenience more as your collection grows. For extra dirty records, run a longer cycle or ran them through Nova twice. All you need is distilled water and new records to keep the cleaning regime going!