michaelwjones Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 This is why I stopped playing vinyl decades ago: "Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records" https://thevinylpress.com/precision-aqueous-cleaning-of-vinyl-records/ 190 pages (!) on how to clean your records. Holy smokes; I thought I was doing a very good job when I had a VPI record cleaner, a zerostat and rice paper sleeves. Sorry, that's time I can be listening to digital sources with no wear or clicks & pops. And yes, there is an ever growing thread on Audiogon discussing this. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 16 hours ago, michaelwjones said: This is why I stopped playing vinyl decades ago: "Precision Aqueous Cleaning of Vinyl Records" https://thevinylpress.com/precision-aqueous-cleaning-of-vinyl-records/ 190 pages (!) on how to clean your records. Holy smokes; I thought I was doing a very good job when I had a VPI record cleaner, a zerostat and rice paper sleeves. Sorry, that's time I can be listening to digital sources with no wear or clicks & pops. And yes, there is an ever growing thread on Audiogon discussing this. buy a puffin phono pre and you´ll never hear any crackles and pops , so simple today .... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 On 6/13/2022 at 2:39 PM, MicroMara said: buy a puffin phono pre and you´ll never hear any crackles and pops , so simple today .... And I only have one stylus to protect what about your precious collection of styli ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 5 minutes ago, JohnJ said: And I only have one stylus to protect what about your precious collection of styli ? I clean the styli with an Audio Technica cleaning fluid, that´s it . From all Cartridges I own only two have a needle that run more than 150 hours , all others are brand new . I changed them within the last few month step by step. Some of them weren´t easy to get. Since I own a Nitty Gritty RCM there isn´t any need for a puffin to prevent crackles and pops at all. If I use a bonded round needle , like the one from the ADC QLM MK III , than you don´t hear any crackles and pops even on the most scratched and dirtiest record at all . I could write an endless story about this topic , so I can understand @michaelwjones very well . But all these efforts are worth , there is no physical medium that´s so fascinating like spinning vinyl . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 2 minutes ago, MicroMara said: use around needle Doesn't that degrade the vinyl grooves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroMara Posted June 16, 2022 Share Posted June 16, 2022 3 minutes ago, JohnJ said: Doesn't that degrade the vinyl grooves? No , it doesn´t go into the deepest groove of a record. Sorry John I meant a round needle grind like the Denon 103 MC which has a round needle grind as well , that´s why it was used for broadcastings at Radiostations for many decades. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelwjones Posted June 16, 2022 Author Share Posted June 16, 2022 1 hour ago, MicroMara said: I clean the styli with an Audio Technica cleaning fluid, that´s it . It's been so long, I forgot I used that as well. Great stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtmudd Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/12/2022 at 10:12 PM, michaelwjones said: rice paper sleeves there's another use for that! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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