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I really try to avoid using my VPI cleaning machines unless the album is new or very dirty.Here are my steps for cleaning dust acquired during play.
1. Zerostat gun used to reduce static on both brush and album.
2. gently hold audioquest brush and after a few spins, slow down table to a stop. (While brushing--my table allows this)
3. The brush works very well, but leaves a line of dust. (I'm afraid to brush against the groove.)Here is where I get crazy.
4. Zerostat again on the line of dust.
5. Use hair dryer (on cool) to blow the dust line off.
6. Brush one more time very slightly.Am I missing any steps? Please don't laugh at me as I know this is very obsessive behavior...(Although I'm sure I'm far from alone here on the asylum) I won't bother to explain my wet cleaning steps...I'm sure you'd all send the paddy wagon and a straight jacket straight to my home
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No screwing around with power cords. You can keep it right next to your TT. One or two quick blasts will clean off the dust line perfectly. And you can use it to blow dust off the platter, arm, and cartridge. Works really well and cheap, too!
Wow, that thing you show looks great for both my camera and vinyl. I'll have to see how it compares to this...
do you really get that much dust to accumulate from one playing that there is a line when you brush it?
Yep....It's a basement. In fact, I played a brand new album last night and had a strong line at the end of the album side. (After playing and brushing)It's funny, but I didnt notice the dust until I installed a strong light onto the wall near my table. Now I see at least 20-30 specs in the time one album side has spun.
oh my god!! noooooo!!!! think about how terrible things are getting while the side is playing. probably worthwhile to stop the record 2 or 3 times during the side to clean it. ;-)seriously, though, 20-30 specs of dust....it's dust. it's nothing to really worry about. i guarantee that it's not affecting playback. we're talking clean records accumulating a little dust on 'em.
enjoy the music & try to let go just a little bit -- enjoy that Audio Note system of yours! :)
I got a good chuckle off your post...I really must be giving people the wrong idea here. I'm really not that freaked out about dust.I'm just having fun playing with some gadgets and removing dust is part of the fun. It's funny, but there are times when I sit at my VPI 16.5 cleaning albums and I think to myself "This is fun?" At times it feels very simlar to washing dishes.
Now I'll hold back telling you about the night I first installed my table light. Imagine a crazed audiophile batting at the air to prevent floating dust from hitting the album...(I lost that fight)
As far as the audio note goes, I've had five guests this week to have a listen to Vinyl through Audio Note SET 300B tubes...They were all blown away. (ALthough they looked at me funny when I dived to block a big dust spec heading for my system...)
"I'm really not that freaked out about dust."and
"Imagine a crazed audiophile batting at the air to prevent floating dust from hitting the album...(I lost that fight)"
in the same post and expect us NOT to get "the wrong idea"? :)
some of the audio note gear can do wonderful things as far as just helping people to listen to the music...which is why it's puzzling that you're not relaxing more and are concerned about the dust! ;-)
I didn't think there was a need to say I was joking. (I was joking)It was an attempt at humour which can be very tough here.
Sorry if I was not funny.
No, I'm not that freaked out about dust. I'm just having fun.
We ALL NEED TO LIGHTEN UP !!!!!!!!!!!
sorry for misunderstanding -- didn't see any smiles or winks.digital communication has increased the volume of communication, but not always the quality (in terms of being hard to convey tone and such).
glad you are enjoying your music -- that is king.
did you mention earlier that you had an all-AN system? what else is in it? (sorry if i have you confused with someone else)
I had a visitor come listen last night. (An owner of an all Linn system). He was VERY impressed. I have never been more happy with a system. (And I've owned many)
did you start asking the dust questions because you got a new TT that had no dustcover? that makes sense.the meishu can produce some very nice sounds. i do know someone with a meishu silver sig, along with an S2 (though i think he just got an S8). i've heard the Es and Js. i tend to like them more out into the room than what peter recommends.
they produce quite a bit of music, particularly for those who favor the 300b. the meishu is one DAMN big box!
Lol.Yes, you hit the nail right on the head. My old table was a Rega P5 with dustcover. The Spacedeck is new, and I am playing with ways to reduce dust. (No cover while playing)
I've tried the speakers out in the room but really find the sound more natural in the corners.
"the meishu is one DAMN big box! "
Yep it is. Better one big box than three little ones. (Phonostage/Pre/Amp).
So don't feel bad. People are often perfectionist when it comes to their favorite hobby or pastime.
I use a Discwasher D4 lightly misted with distilled water for that. It's pretty much a one step solution. I even ordered a special heavy duty spray bottle (5 year warranty too!) that atomizes better than the supermarket spray bottles.
Simply hold the brush at a shallow angle to the left of the spindle inline with the spindle and as the record is still spinning slowly pull the brush towards you and off the front edge of the record. This will 1. embed the dust between the fibers of the brush and 2. flick any remaining dust off the record.
Wet brushing leaves no dust line. Discwasher works great between real cleanings. Washes and dries in one operation.
> > I really try to avoid using my VPI cleaning machines unless the album is new or very dirty. < <I would say this is a mistake. If I have cleaned a record and then through use it has become dusty again, I will just give it a once over with distilled water on the VPI which pulls that dust right off. Dry-brushing the dust around into a line seems of dubious value to me.
I do
"Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to" Mark Twain
Hi.Your imagination or my ignorance?
You THINK there are dust around in your listening place, (which I assume it is a well kept indoor residence, & you store your vinyls in their sleeves at ALL time), so you need a RCM everytime you play it.
I THINK there is no dust around (in my well kept residence & all my vinyls are kept in sleeves) so I don't need a RCM.
Of course, I can't argue if you tell me a RCM cleansing can improve the sound of the music. Sonics is so personally subjective.
c-J
PS: I drive to work but do I need to drive to work? No, I can take the city public transit. But I own a car, so I got to drive it despite the bigbucks I got to spend to keep it & to run it.
If I see a buildup on the stylus like dog hair, my hair, dust bunnies and the like I will give it a quick rinse-cleaning. Vinyl can be very statically charged and pull things right off your shirt when you flip the record over. After 10 plays or so, you are bound to get some fibres landing on there.
for a couple of revolutions then slowly slide the brush off the LP toward the outer groove. No line of dust that way.
Henry
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"The Blues ain't about makin' yourself feel better; it's about makin' other people feel worse!" -- Bleedin' Gums Murphy
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