Cal Blacksmith Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 What is the general wisdom on LP cleaning? I recently purchased some used records from mostly the 60s to early 80s. The seller did a fantastic job of cleaning them to the point that they are cleaner than many brand new records I have bought. I contacted the seller and he uses a spin clean (which I have also owned and used) but he used a Nitty-gritty to vacuum them dry. My question is about the vacuum systems. The least expensive Nitty-gritty is ball park $650 new. There are several other systems out there such as the ProJect etc. which is comfortably less. If using the cleaner mostly for drying the records, is there much difference between the units or is the Nitty-gritty kind of the king of cleaners? I am at the point of just spending the money regardless of how much to get a quality cleaning as I know first hand with the recent purchase of LPs it is possible. I just don't want to invest in one direction and then find out that a different direction may have been better. I want to make a "one and done" purchase but ss mentioned in my hi again thread, I have been out of these discussions for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmi Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 ultrasonic cleaning is all the rage these days. I have cleaned all my records with an ultrasonic cleaner and they sound great. You can get in pretty cheap if you do some digging. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Blacksmith Posted November 10, 2023 Author Share Posted November 10, 2023 I have a few cleaners, a record adapter with motor is about 150 give or take. What solutions do you use? How do you dry the record, microfiber? The cleaning machines vacuum them dry. 39 minutes ago, kevinmi said: ultrasonic cleaning is all the rage these days. I have cleaned all my records with an ultrasonic cleaner and they sound great. You can get in pretty cheap if you do some digging. I have a few cleaners, a record adapter with motor is about 150 give or take. What solutions do you use? How do you dry the record, microfiber? The cleaning machines vacuum them dry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shakeydeal Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 I have a nitty gritty that I’ve owned for years. Very basic, but does what it’s supposed to do. I use this solution. https://www.discdoc.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas and Blow Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 I use a spin clean and nothing but distilled water. Air dry in a rack. Then fresh new inner sleeves after they've dried. Works a lot better than you might think. The thing that made the biggest difference for me surface wise was getting a microline nude stylus put on my Rega Ania cart. It's the same needle they put on the $5200 Rega Aphelion cart. Somehow it just gets pass a lot of surface noise. Some records that are barely listenable on my other turntable with a Ortofon bronze cart sound fine on this cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOSValves Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 I'd owned an upper end Nitty Gritty and sold it off for a VPI 16.5... actually I bought the Sota Turntable version of the VPI 16.5 but in essence they are one in the same. I'm sure some new players came to the game since so Id' say do your research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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the real Duke Spinner Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Discwasher ?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1291 Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 I'm also running the VPI and use their cleaner, which I think works very well. The vac works well so it's outta that and onto the Linn. The vac is loud but aside from that you can knock 'em out in a hurry! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha220 Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 On 11/11/2023 at 6:02 AM, the real Duke Spinner said: Discwasher ?? Still using a Zerostat and Discwasher myself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted November 23, 2023 Share Posted November 23, 2023 The best way is still what is in the linked thread of DizRotus. He's no longer posting and has been out of. The cyostat for a long time. Once cleaned and treated your LPs are good for a long time and pretty much noiseless/static free. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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