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a friend needs a recommendation on which one to get, so please tell me which one? TIA
Ptolomy Almagest
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DAK industries record brush Carbon fibers plus a velvet center
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was presented, I always thought the products were too good to be true. The catalogs kept coming though.I use the older Audioquest brush, as the new one seems to leave debris behind.
Edits: 04/07/21
Try Thunderon.
I recently bought two from Amazon, sheep hair for wet wiping, and carbon fiber for anti-static.
Both work fine so far as I can tell. When I brush with the carbon fiber, I do it with the record on the TT and spinning, and just hold the brush steady with light pressure and slowly move the whole brush in towards the platter axel, allowing the carbon fibers to wipe against the metal axel while also in contact with the spinning disc, in order to ground the static off of the surface of the disc.
. I judge any sound system by how tiring it is to listen to.
Linkwitz
I used a Hunt Brush until I discovered little bits of carbon fiber hair in the grooves. I now use Audioquest....time will tell.
If you asking for the best this is this winner of a Fremer shoot-out.
Carbon fibre + goat hair and aesthetically beautiful. If I recall around $300 though (but you get a stylus brush too). I admit that I am tempted. But tempted is probably where it will remain :-(.
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams
Just because Fremer recommends it doesn't mean it's anything special. Let's face it: no record brush removes all the dust, no matter your technique. I don't care how fancy the brush or how exhorbitant the price. Save your money. A brush like Audioquest does about the best job but is far from perfect. The truth is you really don't need to get every spec of dust off. Just wet clean or use an ultrasonic and dry. Once should do the trick. I think we all know this but still search endlessly for THE ULTIMATE BRUSH. THERE REALLY IS NO SUCH THING.
" The truth is you really don't need to get every spec of dust off. Just wet clean or use an ultrasonic and dry. "
That is fine for cleaning a disc but brushing before play is not really about cleaning but just preening the disc before and after play. That is removing any light particles ( dust etc) that may have fallen on the record during play or since the last ultrasonic or other RCM cleaning. It is unusual to need to clean ultrasonically more than once and certainly not every time that the record is removed from its sleeve or every time it is turned over which is when light contamination occurs (dust from air, picked up from turntable mat etc). You need a brush for the latter.
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams
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"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams
I thought I was clear but obviously not. My point was that once a record is wet cleaned either through US or other methods, it does not need to be cleaned again. Just use a brush like the Audioquest before each play to remove the dust. I did note, though, that brushes like these are far from perfect, inevitably leaving some dust on the record but really of no consequence on playback.
Thank you for your clarification. We agree :-).
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams
because there is what amounts to an amazing amount of tiny dust particles in every room and also inside inner sleeves. Just shine a high intensity white light or let the morning sunshine in and watch the dust particles floating in the air that would normally seem clean and clear. I even have 2 air ionic conditioners in my room and the filters have to be cleaned from all the dust after 1 month.I have a short fiber Decca and it works very well and always use it just before each play and there is always something there every time. Poly sleeves help but it's not enough. If the brush doesn't collect it the stylus will.
Thanks everyone!
Ptolomy Almagest
Edits: 04/05/21
They seem to get the records cleaner.
Agreed they get deep into the grooves and lift the muck out. Most brushes just shove the muck deeper in the grooves
I recommend a trip to a hardware store and pick up one of these. The synthetic bristles work better than the natural. Cheapest record brush I've found and far more effective than the carbon fiber ones that always seem to leave a line of schmutz.
Edits: 04/04/21
Great brush!Easier to handle than the thin ones I think.
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Ptolomy Almagest
I really, really like this one. It's truly a pleasure to use.
Non-audiophile prices, too.
I use the Acoustech anti-static but have never really been happy with it. For one thing, it seems to generate static.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
I use a combination of a Hunt felt brush and an Audioquest anti-static which does a good job. (Don't understand at all previous responder's comments re an Audioquest. Sounds like way too much pressure applied.)
I sold off all of my vinyl a few years back and recently got back into it. I used to own an Audioquest brush. I repurchased another and I immediately returned it as it made a horrible screeching sound (like fingers on a chalk board) while brushing the record. I figured that that can't be good for the vinyl. I think that I may try the Acoustec brush from Acoustic Sounds.
" I repurchased another and I immediately returned it as it made a horrible screeching sound (like fingers on a chalk board) while brushing the record."Audioquest brushes just DO NOT do that.
However there were (are still ?) Chinese made fakes on sale which had bristles that were stiff and which could scratch the vinyl unlike the soft genuine AQ ones. I know I had one but I fortunately spotted an abrasion of the shiny dead vinyl towards the label and never employed it again.
I am pretty certain that you must have had one ( or two from the same supplier?) of the fakes and I would not like inmates to imagine that genuine Audioquest brushes behave like this. Just ensure that you have a genuine one.
"We need less, but better" - Dieter Rams
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nt
I've had it long enough that some of the silk screening on the handle is worn away.
Works OK but forget about anti-static, despite being marketed as an "anti-static brush." If I don't ground myself when I use the brush, it'll generate static.
The problem is not that there is evil in the world, the problem is that there is good. Because otherwise, who would care?
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