RE: I would be interested in the science that demonstrates the charges

@Beach Cruiser - I hear you on a point or two.

I had never heard of 'vinyl fracturing' before either, but the theory behind it certainly sounds plausible. Although ticks, pops, and surface noise can exist for all sorts of reasons, there are still some things that remain mysterious noise artifacts. I know that you are not a believer in 'mold release compound' being a reason, but it sounds like another possible factor to me. If it is true, what gets it out? Ultrasonic and the Kirmuss method? I dont purport to know what the caused the problem of additional ticks or pops, but if there is a path to make them go away, I'm game to try. BTW - I can still enjoy a record with a little bit of noise here and that. I am not completely unrealistic. But persistent 'rice krispie' accompaniment does put me off, and in that case, I usually sell the record (with transparency and disclaimers about its noise!).

Anyway, EFlatMinor's channel, 'Lets Clean A Record', is one that I have subscribed to and unsubscribed to a few times. Now I keep my 'subscription' because he does actually surprise me once in a while. Also, make no mistake, the dude loves music (and has listened to it live a lot), which is not a virtue to be taken lightly in this day and age when you consider all the trash creator / influencers out there (as well as all of the well-heeled audiophiles with their big bad systems) that would not know good sound, even if it was gnawing on their skull. By and large, most of them simply dont love music, or have gone out to hear it live, to ever know what actually 'sounds' good, and so their opinions are worthless to me.

Where I think Kirmuss takes a wrong turn (and Eflatminor even seems to agree with me on this in one of his Kirmuss videos as well) is when Kirmuss implies (suggests?) that a wet-vac system no longer has a place in the cleaning process. Maybe I'm just a big dummy, but I sweep a floor before I mop it. So I will almost certainly give a wet-vac (with distilled water) before I do an ultrasonic soak.

Oh - one last thought about the 'Lets Clean a Record Channel' (not that dude needs my defense or anything); I think it is a good step that he lets people know that an enzymatic soak is sometimes necessary. To wit, he will explain that a record smells like smoke, was used as a TV dinner tray and has some mustard on it, or something like that, and thus requires an initial step that is not always required when cleaning other records. People new to cleaning records are not always thinking about it like that. Getting the dust off is one thing, but actually removing organic matter from the record is something beginners dont really think (or know) about.

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Topic - Kirmus Record Cleaning Process ??? - Ross 10:13:58 12/31/24 (23)

It's about the static charge - Eflatminor 05:54:11 01/02/25 (8)

RE: "very close-in cavitation, deep within the groove" ... - andyr 16:03:33 01/05/25 (0)

RE: It's about the static charge - beach cruiser 23:21:06 01/03/25 (3)

RE: It's about the static charge - Eflatminor 05:12:23 01/04/25 (2)

RE: It's about the static charge - beach cruiser 21:56:15 01/05/25 (1)

RE: It's about the static charge - Lew 22:37:14 01/11/25 (0)

RE: It's about the static charge - Sondek 07:03:18 01/02/25 (2)

RE: It's about the static charge - Eflatminor 07:52:33 01/02/25 (1)

RE: It's about the static charge - Sondek 12:19:03 01/02/25 (0)

Nothing a bigger buzz kill than a record cleaning machine - Goober58 02:49:34 01/01/25 (0)

RE: Kirmus Record Cleaning Process ??? - rottenclam 16:11:26 12/31/24 (4)

Not all u/s machines can vary frequency - Ogsarg 21:23:13 01/01/25 (1)

RE: Not all u/s machines can vary frequency - rottenclam 23:28:54 01/01/25 (0)

I would be interested in the science that demonstrates the charges - beach cruiser 22:24:53 12/31/24 (1)

RE: I would be interested in the science that demonstrates the charges - rottenclam 12:08:07 01/01/25 (0)

RE: Kirmus Record Cleaning Process ??? - Sondek 15:29:52 12/31/24 (4)

RE: Kirmus Record Cleaning Process ??? - beach cruiser 15:59:03 12/31/24 (1)

RE: Kirmus Record Cleaning Process ??? - Sondek 17:34:19 12/31/24 (0)

Kinda doesn't make sense - Ross 15:49:40 12/31/24 (1)

RE: Kinda doesn't make sense - beach cruiser 16:02:27 12/31/24 (0)

Kirmus Is his own worse enemy - creativepart 14:47:27 12/31/24 (1)

RE: Kirmus Is his own worse enemy, - beach cruiser 17:37:17 12/31/24 (0)

Used to own the Kirmus Record Cleaning Machine but,,,,, - sk 13:17:37 12/31/24 (0)

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RE: I would be interested in the science that demonstrates the charges - rottenclam 12:08:07 01/01/25 (0)

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