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In Reply to: RE: Record cleaners? Who needs record cleaners... posted by semuta on July 23, 2014 at 11:36:41
Try uncleaned and cleaned records and see if you hear a difference.
-Wendell
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That's not the point. The point is do you enjoy records more when vacuum cleaned. Me, overall, I enjoy listening to records less when going through the hassle of using a RCM. The additional "enjoyment" of listening to a cleaned record doesn't make up for the hassle of cleaning it.
Give me rhythm or give me death!
... if you've got a few years to spare for your experimentation, set up two identical rigs. Play only well cleaned LPs on one and dirty LPs on the other. Keep the playing hours equal.
And simply see which stylus needs replacing first!
Obviously being silly here.
Poke around here – and elsewhere – and read about folks’ cleaning routines.
Time spent cleaning your discs will repay you with greater listening pleasure for years to come.
Please know this: if you store each newly cleaned LP in a decent quality brand new sleeve, you will likely never need to fully clean it again.
-=- Charlie F.
If the OP wasn't aware Linns record cleaning instructions not to clean records are out of the audio stone age. Follow Linns instructions and your going to gunk up the stylus and it will wear out prematurely from dirt in the record grooves. Never mind the sound of the record will be degraded by both the dirt in the record grooves and on the stylus. Both new and preowned records should be cleaned preferably with a RCM and commercial cleaning/rinsing fluids or an ultrasonic cleaner. Just about everyone that has purchased a RCM has said it was the biggest sonic upgrade they will likely ever make to their analog system.
Edits: 07/23/14
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