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Hypersonic Record Cleaner
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TheClassical
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I take my records over to my buddies house and use his Klaudio record cleaner. It's a pretty straightforward process. I guess my tip would be to not drop the record while using it. I would prefer if there were a hypersonic version that cleaned records faster
I already had an ultrasonic cleaner for deep cleaning carburetors. I purchased a short piece of all thread, two plastic washers and two wingnuts. I use 5 quarts tap water in the ultrasonic with 2 tbsp isopropyl alcohol and a couple of drops of jet-dry. I put the ultrasonic on for 40 minutes. I manually turn the album 1/4 turn every 10 minutes. So, each section of the album gets no more than 10 minutes of ultrasonic exposure.
I have 50 new to me albums. I have cleaned 3 albums. Each was dead silent on a Rega 6 with $600 cart after cleaning.
I experienced no known static build up from using tap water. Even though, going forward, I am going to rinse each album, after ultrasonic cleaning, with distilled water and pat dry with lint free wipes.
You can have, in my opinion, one heck of an effective cleaning system for about $100.
I have 50 new to me albums. I have cleaned 3 albums. Each was dead silent on a Rega 6 with $600 cart after cleaning.
I experienced no known static build up from using tap water. Even though, going forward, I am going to rinse each album, after ultrasonic cleaning, with distilled water and pat dry with lint free wipes.
You can have, in my opinion, one heck of an effective cleaning system for about $100.
audiotemp
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What is with 'hypersonic" reference anyway? My usual search engine seems to think that is normal in this context.
"Ultrasonic" refers to the use of vibration at frequencies higher than are audible (to humans). So, above 20 kHz.
"Hypersonic" means traveling faster than sound travels, i. e. faster than roughly 1100 feet per second (for sound in air).
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It's specifically for speed metal records.
koolkat62
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Just came across this post...I thought I had missed a new discovery in the never ending quest for the ultimate LP cleaning process.
koolkat62
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Just posted a message on this thread but anyway, a short reply to your question..I do yes, but not "hypersonic" as you asked. Ultrasonic, as audiotemp mentioned. I use one and it is, by far, the easiest and best way to clean a LP that I've found so far. I use a VinylStyl manual spin clean for the initial cleaning then the ultrasonic. All work on the same principle..but vary greatly in price, configuration, add-ons or accessories, so on and so forth. You can clean 10 LP's at a time on mine but I don't..I'll clean a max of 8 per a 20 min. session..I put more spacers between each record to allow more room..although, I don't think it really does any better at cleaning but what the heck. I just use the manufacture's solution (iSonic) and that seems to do a very good job for me. Ask about which record cleaning solution works the best and you'll get about a million different versions..so if you choose to go ultrasonic, find what works best for you. I'll tell you something and this is no lie..when I got back into collecting records again, I got a manual spin clean set up which, for the most part, works pretty good. I thought my records were "clean"..but still heard small pops or static here and there after using it on some LP's. Then I finally made the leap into a ultrasonic cleaner and the difference is night and day. I went back and cleaned my whole collection with it and couldn't believe the before and after difference. I cleaned about 300 albums and don't remember how many times I had to change the tank water from my "previously cleaned albums", but it was quite a few. The ultrasonic machine got much more dirt and grime out of those very small grooves where the music is..and that is the end goal of every vinyl enthusiast out there. It's an investment sure, but is it worth it? Absolutely every penny. It has limitations of course..it won't fix a scratch or a severe warp and it may take more than one cleaning to get very dirty records even playable..but it's hands down the best way so far to clean records.
A good ultrasonic cleaner is the single best item you can add to improve LP playback. Especially with used records.
koolkat62
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Bahahahahaha!
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