@antinn I skimmed thru the paper. Will do a deeper dive in a bit. But what I gathered is pure distilled water in UCM will do a good enough job unless the record is in bad shape and requires more involvement.
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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@ljgerens yep. I’ve cleaned several records already with just distilled water. They were previously cleaned but played several times since then. Came out clean. Sound quiet and very good so far. I just received a used record of Mahler’s 2nd with Bruno Walter. It actually looks clean but it’s taking a bath now anyway. |
There is a new, improved version of the Audiodesk System cleaner with improved motors and pumps. Plus the system can be repaired without shipping back to the factory in Germany. I find the combination of Ultrasonic and the spinning cotton cleaning barrels to be very effective - much better than ultrasonic alone. This new edition 'Audiodesk Premium' has been out for about 5 months so far. We've been impressed with the mechanical improvements and time will prove the improvements. |
@gramophone_canada thanks for the info. At this time if I wanted to spend $4,000 it would be a cartridge and phono stage upgrades. Not quiet there yet with my analog front end to land a $4,000 record cleaning machine. |
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