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Records after Nitty Gritty - WOW WOW WOW

visman

visman

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Holly smokes - I just got my Nitty Gritty Mini Pro 2 Record Cleaner (from Gayle at Nitty Gritty) and holy cow what a difference!

How in the world have I lived so many years without one?

THis machine is pure magic! :music:

I am sure this has been covered here at AK but I am so freakin excited!:banana:

By the way Gayle at Nitty Gritty was just great - real nice people!
 
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I have the VPI RCM...same revelation here!!! I ended up going through my collection and the ones that still sounded medicore after cleaning (groove damage, scratches or just crappy sound quality not apparent before cleaning), went in the GW pile....Once you clean them, you know what's worth keeping.

Welcome to the obsession!!

James R.
 
totallysilly said:
Are the less expensive models very far behind the Mini-Pro in terms of cleaning performance, do you know?
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The rule of thumb is all record cleaning machines are good, they all do a great job, no matter what make or model. The more you spend, the less work you have to do. That may not seem like a big thing, but after about 600 lp's, it is.
 
totallysilly said:
Are the less expensive models very far behind the Mini-Pro in terms of cleaning performance, do you know?
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I use the basic Nitty Gritty and only clean an album before I use it, if it hasn't been cleaned before. No way am I going to spend the time cleaning almost 2,000 records, 75%+ of which I may not play from one year to the next.

I especially clean anything I am going to archive to tape, for obvious reasons.

I read up about these cleaners before buying one and, for my pattern of use, the fully manual one is fine. If I had more time for listening to records (I am away a lot), maybe the automation would have more appeal, but the price differential was/is significant and, from my understanding, the record is cleaned no more thoroughly than if I do it manually. Also, I like to have full manual control over the rate at which the record spins through the cleaning process and even the direction of rotation, often cleaning an album clockwise and anti-clockwise. I am not sure this is possible with the automated/motorized Nitty Grittys.
 
OscarEmmy said:
I use the basic Nitty Gritty and only clean an album before I use it, if it hasn't been cleaned before. No way am I going to spend the time cleaning almost 2,000 records, 75%+ of which I may not play from one year to the next.

I especially clean anything I am going to archive to tape, for obvious reasons.

I read up about these cleaners before buying one and, for my pattern of use, the fully manual one is fine. If I had more time for listening to records (I am away a lot), maybe the automation would have more appeal, but the price differential was/is significant and, from my understanding, the record is cleaned no more thoroughly than if I do it manually. Also, I like to have full manual control over the rate at which the record spins through the cleaning process and even the direction of rotation, often cleaning an album clockwise and anti-clockwise. I am not sure this is possible with the automated/motorized Nitty Grittys.
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This is my way of doing things as well. Even if I were to clean all my albums at once I would still want to clean them right before I played them. It is amazing how quickly dust can settle on things.
 
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Congrats on getting the Nitty Gritty Pro and welcome to the RCM world. A one time cleaning of an LP gets the heavy grime off but no matter what you do the dust will build up again and a RCM cleaning before each play isn't all that time consumeing.
 
I have the VPI 16.5 and I also clean as I play. I don't have as many albums as a lot of you guys-maybe 400-but it would take days to clean them all. I usually clean it once and then use the carbon fibre brush after that. Maybe clean it again if it gets lots of play. I would love to have one of those machines that automatically cleans both sides at once but I could not justify the expense.

Sometimes when I use those applicator pads to spread the fluid and do a little scrubbing the white pads end up brown or black. The stuff that can come off a record is incredible.
 
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RWFE if you claean the LP before each paly you will continue to get up the rest of the dirt that is showing up on the applicator pads. The carbon fibre brush is great for the fine dust but not for dirt.
 
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