antinn
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| Back To Static! @slaw,Remember the mat I am using is 3-layers. The center layer (the thickest part) is not solid - its porous, and overall the mat stiffness is 85 durometer so the mat acts to damp/isolate the record from the platter. I use the reflex clamp to m... | |
| Back To Static! @mijostyn,No arguments that there may always be some static charge under some conditions. Someone over at the Steve Hoffman site has been doing some cleaning agent comparisons (with some input) and has a static field device, and after full wet ... | |
| Back To Static! FWIW - my DIY record mat cut from a 3-layer ESD mat with the platter/bearing grounded is still keeping static at-bay with humidity into the 20's%; details here - http://www.vpiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=17186#p65882. Note that for the plat... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @keegiam,VPI HW17 - nice score. As far as Ronxs device - there are no video's, two options - while the platter is not turning - energize the unit and circle around the record for a couple of rotations (few secs) about 1" above the record. Otherw... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pindac,In the UK/EU you cannot purchase Liquinox and Tergitol. Aside from ILFOTOL, for a Tergitol 15-S-9 near equivalent you can purchase Dehypon LS54 Dehypon – Conservation Resources (UK) Ltd (conservation-resources.co.uk) which is not av... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @keegiam,Yes, you can use the Liquinox with the vacuum-RCM. Use about 0.5% solution and then rinse with DIW and then proceed to final clean with the 15-S-9. The Liquinox will foam more than 15-S-9, but most of foam will collect in the brush. I ... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pryso,This subject has been discussed many ways - there is a long thread over at the VPI Forum and starting around page 66 I started contributing http://www.vpiforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2289&start=650.Otherwise, you can swipe the bru... | |
| Best type of metal for turntable platform? @deanshias,As others have said , Townsend knows what he talks about. But, let me if I can expound upon what he said. If you view Figure 7 of this Fundamentals of Vibration (newport.com) , when your designing a vibration isolator, the resonant freq... | |
| Best type of metal for turntable platform? @deanshias,If your problem is a flexible floor, then the term footfall relates to the very low frequency (<4Hz) vibration that occurs as you walk across the floor. In this case, mass & resonant damping with metal or anything else is not go... | |
| Best type of metal for turntable platform? If you view this document - Documentation of damping capacity of metallic, ceramic and metal-matrix composite materials (utexas.edu), it gives an excellent summary of the damping characteristics for metals. Table III is the one of most interest... | |
| New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning @garyalex,10 drops = about 0.5 mL; 1-gal = 3785 mL, so 0.5/3785 = 0.0132%. I wrote the following as the 1st post of this 2nd page of this thread - "Tergitol 15-S-9 is a preferred non-ionic surfactant for record ultrasonic machines because you o... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @pryso,Let me offer a cheap solution first. Buy the two cleaning agents: the Alconox Liquinox ($22 from Amazon) as a pre-cleaner and the Tergitol 15-S-9 ($22 + shipping from Talas) as a final cleaner, and maybe a new brush. Then try the pre-clean/... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @keegiam,People using the procedure use just one vacuum-RCM. They are not using multiple vacuum-RCM. Note that this device Amazon.com : RONXS Lighter, Upgraded Candle Lighter Camping Lighter Grill Lighter USB Lighter Plasma Arc with LED Batter... | |
| Record Cleaner Advice? @keegiam,The disadvantage with the NG 1.5 is that you cannot work the surface of the record with cleaner/brush and this is noted in this review comparing it to a VPI Record cleaning machines - Clearaudio Smart Matrix, Nitty Gritty 1.5 and VPI HW... | |
| New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning The Kirmuss statements on ultrasonic frequency are pure nonsense. The science of ultrasonic cleaning is well understood and well documented such as detailed in this book - Particle Adhesion and Removal | Wiley Online Books. Fundamentally the l... |