Re: Allsop Orbitrac 2 Bullshit !

Posted by Fred J (A) on December 19, 2005 at 03:15:22

In Reply to: Allsop Orbitrac 2 posted by hesson11 on December 18, 2005 at 21:11:54:

Bob-

I believe the Orbitrac is another of an endless chain of overly hyped products of dubious merit at best, first it's little pads need to be replaced frequently if you don't intend to transfer gunk from one record to the next, the expense of which is actually equivalent to, or greater than the cost of the best commercial record cleaning solvents themselves, which when used in conjunction with any competent DIY or commercial RCM do a splendid and complete job of record cleaning.

Anyone who has more experience or knows better please feel free to set me straight, but the idea of using one of these Rinky Dink Orbitrac's prior to the wet clean/vac seems absolutely preposterous, ridiculous and patently pointless.

Have I missed something here ?

I defy Fremmer or anyone else to present one single reasonable, rational or logical reason one who use an Orbitrac immediately prior to a proper wet cleaning.

If you base your buying decisions primarily on Stereophile recommendations you can be virtually assured of spending a great deal of money and achieving modest results at best.

Stereophile is simply all about attracting and keeping well paying advertisers and maintaining adequate circulation to maintain or increase their advertising rates and very little else.

They ceased to be a serious "On the level " Audiophile/hobbiest publication a number of years ago, not long after they started to accept advertising.

Regards FredJ

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Topic - Newby set-up question - johng 20:06:44 12/18/05 (20)

Channel imbalance... - tketcham 23:02:45 12/18/05 (0)

Allsop Orbitrac 2 - hesson11 21:11:54 12/18/05 (17)

Re: Allsop Orbitrac 2 - cruster 11:41:43 12/19/05 (0)

Re: Allsop Orbitrac 2 Bullshit ! - Fred J 03:15:22 12/19/05 (9)

Fred J is off his meds again! - KT88 09:22:14 12/20/05 (2)

Re: Fred J is off his meds again! - Fred J 12:11:47 12/20/05 (1)

Record cleaning regimens - KT88 09:05:45 12/21/05 (0)

Re: Allsop Orbitrac 2 Bullshit ! - Michael J. 16:47:29 12/19/05 (0)

Yikes! - hesson11 11:33:13 12/19/05 (4)

Re: Yikes! - Fred J 13:32:03 12/19/05 (3)

Re: Yikes! - hesson11 16:08:42 12/19/05 (2)

Re: Yikes! - Fred J 23:36:15 12/19/05 (1)

Re: Yikes! - hesson11 04:32:27 12/20/05 (0)

I'd look at other (better) options... - tketcham 21:43:29 12/18/05 (0)

Re: Allsop Orbitrac 2 - powermatic 21:23:43 12/18/05 (4)

Re: Allsop Orbitrac 2 - Fred J 04:13:57 12/19/05 (0)

And plus.... - johng 21:34:47 12/18/05 (2)

Re: And plus.... - powermatic 21:52:30 12/18/05 (1)

Point made - johng 20:53:30 12/19/05 (0)

Re: Newby set-up question - mosin 20:10:17 12/18/05 (0)

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Re: Allsop Orbitrac 2 Bullshit ! - Fred J 03:15:22 12/19/05 (9)

Fred J is off his meds again! - KT88 09:22:14 12/20/05 (2)

Re: Fred J is off his meds again! - Fred J 12:11:47 12/20/05 (1)

Record cleaning regimens - KT88 09:05:45 12/21/05 (0)

Re: Allsop Orbitrac 2 Bullshit ! - Michael J. 16:47:29 12/19/05 (0)

Yikes! - hesson11 11:33:13 12/19/05 (4)

Re: Yikes! - Fred J 13:32:03 12/19/05 (3)

Re: Yikes! - hesson11 16:08:42 12/19/05 (2)

Re: Yikes! - Fred J 23:36:15 12/19/05 (1)

Re: Yikes! - hesson11 04:32:27 12/20/05 (0)

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