Immerse Your Soul In Love - The Radiohead Thread

marshall said:
Just arrived and playing now. I'm pleasantly surprised. It's well pressed etc. Pretty dynamic all around Vocals are a little muddy here and there but that's probably the mix from the show board. Grab it if you can find it. It's a better press than many "new" "official" presses these days.
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Spinning mine now. Pretty impressed as well. Definitely better than I was expecting. Glad I grabbed it.
 
gaporter said:
Just finished side 1 of the IR box and there's a fair amount of crackle 😓 thankfully I can tell it's not the pressing and just debris on the discs. Unfortunately though I don't really have a good cleaning method on hand to safely get all the dust off... suggestions? Clearly I'm reluctant to experiment considering what I'm working with here.
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Are there any local record stores near you that might charge to clean it on their RCM? That way you wouldn’t have to send it out again so soon. I know there’s at least one shop near me that will clean your records for like $2 a pop.
 
Joe Mac said:
People on here use the squeaky clean which is a similar idea of a 3D printed vac cleaner that you have to buy your own wet/dry vac for. I don’t trust them and also don’t trust myself to both keep the vacuuum arm still whilst had rotating the record, it seems like a recipe for disaster in my mind. The squeaky clean crew absolutely reject my position but also haven’t put my mind to rest. I’d personally only go rcm for one of the purpose built ones but yeah not so cheap. If looking for a value for money option Id personally always say go spin clean, I have been impressed with mine over the last 2 years.
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I know this is from a couple days ago but I've been off here for a couple days. I'm not sure what you mean by holding the vacuum wand still. In the squeaky clean the wand sits in a notch that magnet clipped to the platter so it holds itself still with a little bit of give. So all you have to do is rotate the record. Unless I'm doing it wrong.
 
dbarila said:
I know this is from a couple days ago but I've been off here for a couple days. I'm not sure what you mean by holding the vacuum wand still. In the squeaky clean the wand sits in a notch that magnet clipped to the platter so it holds itself still with a little bit of give. So all you have to do is rotate the record. Unless I'm doing it wrong.
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Fair enough. That’s my lack of trust of something 3D printed by an individual and sold online, I don’t trust the sturdiness. As I say most people with them contradict me but I’m absolutely dead set against the whole principle in my head...

Hand rotating the record and 3D printing gives me far too much doubt to even remotely consider the thing.
 
Joe Mac said:
Fair enough. That’s my lack of trust of something 3D printed by an individual and sold online, I don’t trust the sturdiness. As I say most people with them contradict me but I’m absolutely dead set against the whole principle in my head...

Hand rotating the record and 3D printing gives me far too much doubt to even remotely consider the thing.
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That's fair. I am pretty much anti Spin Clean so different strokes for different folks. I wasn't disagreeing with you just wanted to make sure that you didn't have the wrong impression. I have had a couple parts break on mine but when I contacted him to purchase replacements he sent them to me free of charge. So far I haven't put any gashes down the middle of my records.
 
dbarila said:
That's fair. I am pretty much anti Spin Clean so different strokes for different folks. I wasn't disagreeing with you just wanted to make sure that you didn't have the wrong impression. I have had a couple parts break on mine but when I contacted him to purchase replacements he sent them to me free of charge. So far I haven't put any gashes down the middle of my records.
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The thing for me with the spin clean is that it’s essentially so simple that you can’t get it wrong and it works to clean well, you can really damage your records and they get clean and crackle free providing you take care when drying. I agree that an RCM is a better solution and handier because you don’t need to work in batches, but only for me if you buy a pre-built soliton with a self rotating platter. Once I have the budget to get one, I will.
 
Joe Mac said:
The thing for me with the spin clean is that it’s essentially so simple that you can’t get it wrong and it works to clean well, you can really damage your records and they get clean and crackle free providing you take care when drying. I agree that an RCM is a better solution and handier because you don’t need to work in batches, but only for me if you buy a pre-built soliton with a self rotating platter. Once I have the budget to get one, I will.
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Not to turn this into the cleaning thread but I always felt the Spin Clean was anything but simple. I felt like if I didn't do the process just right my records would actually sound worse. And I hated batch cleaning and drying with those cloths. But maybe that's just my experience because they sell a ton of them and they've been around forever so they must be working find for a lot of people.
 
dbarila said:
Not to turn this into the cleaning thread but I always felt the Spin Clean was anything but simple. I felt like if I didn't do the process just right my records would actually sound worse. And I hated batch cleaning and drying with those cloths. But maybe that's just my experience because they sell a ton of them and they've been around forever so they must be working find for a lot of people.
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Yeah I had a bit of a problem with crackle at the beginning because I wasn’t drying them properly. I learnt how to do it correctly, got into a groove and it’s never really happened since. I treat it as a step by step production line per record and don’t deviate. Also re-doing the few initial ones that I hadn’t done properly sorted out the crackle because it cleaned them up again. Batch cleaning is undisputed the negative though, I can’t argue with you there. That said I wouldn’t do more than 10-15 discs per bath anyway so it’s not as bad as the people who save to get the advertised 50 a go.
 
Joe Mac said:
Yeah I had a bit of a problem with crackle at the beginning because I wasn’t drying them properly. I learnt how to do it correctly, got into a groove and it’s never really happened since. I treat it as a step by step production line per record and don’t deviate. Also re-doing the few initial ones that I hadn’t done properly sorted out the crackle because it cleaned them up again. Batch cleaning is undisputed the negative though, I can’t argue with you there. That said I wouldn’t do more than 10-15 discs per bath anyway so it’s not as bad as the people who save to get the advertised 50 a go.
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For someone who often finds himself with crackle at the end of cleaning sessions, what is the correct way to dry records?
 
tvham said:
Are there any local record stores near you that might charge to clean it on their RCM? That way you wouldn’t have to send it out again so soon. I know there’s at least one shop near me that will clean your records for like $2 a pop.
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This. If you are worried about sending it out to someone else to clean, maybe see if your local record store would do it for you. Most shops have some kind of record cleaning device and most are happy to clean records for you for a cheap price (mine is also $2/each)
 
RobbieBobby said:
For someone who often finds himself with crackle at the end of cleaning sessions, what is the correct way to dry records?
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When I had mine I remember I got the best results by pulling the record out partly and letting extra fluid drip off (this is to avoid your cloths getting too soaked) and then drying it immediately with the cloth. Don't let any fluid dry on the record.
 
RobbieBobby said:
For someone who often finds himself with crackle at the end of cleaning sessions, what is the correct way to dry records?
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I have a cloth in each hand. I lift it out inside the cloth and let the excess water dribble off. I then firmly grip the radius of the record with the cloth in my right hand and rotate the record through it. About 5-6 rotations is usually enough to dry it thoroughly. I have my table covered with cheaper micro fibre cloths that I lay the records on for 10-15 mins to air dry after. I don’t get any loud crackle from dried in fluid at all. Occasionally mild crackle on the first play from static from the actual act of drying but that’s gone on the second play once properly stored in anti-static sleeves.
 
Joe Mac said:
I have a cloth in each hand. I lift it out inside the cloth and let the excess water dribble off. I then firmly grip the radius of the record with the cloth in my right hand and rotate the record through it. About 5-6 rotations is usually enough to dry it thoroughly. I have my table covered with cheaper micro fibre cloths that I lay the records on for 10-15 mins to air dry after. I don’t get any loud crackle from dried in fluid at all. Occasionally mild crackle on the first play from static from the actual act of drying but that’s gone on the second play once properly stored in anti-static sleeves.
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Mine is similar too...and have same crackle initially then It’s gone
 
tvham said:
Are there any local record stores near you that might charge to clean it on their RCM? That way you wouldn’t have to send it out again so soon. I know there’s at least one shop near me that will clean your records for like $2 a pop.
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I use a Spin Clean and I find it good for what it is.

My local record shop has a Hi-Fi business subletting half their space, and they have an ultrasonic cleaner, I use it sometimes, think it's $2 for a short and $3 for a longer cleaning.

I've read that this cheaper alternative to Spin-Clean works the same:

www.studebakerhifi.com

Vinyl Record Cleaner - Studebaker Hifi

MDF Wood Cabinet with PVC wrap Adjustable roller system accommodates 33, 45 and 78 RPM records Dual microfiber brush system cleans both sides of record simultaneously Includes Washer Basin, 4oz. Record Cleaning Solution, One Pair of Brushes, One Pair of Rollers, Two Washable Drying Cloths...
www.studebakerhifi.com www.studebakerhifi.com

I don't know where the Studebaker is made; I know for certain the Spin-Clean is designed and made here in Pennsylvania, so I don't mind paying a bit more to support a USA-based manufacturer / company.
 
I probably need to invest in a cleaning system, but I get overwhelmed then they mention the shop-vac that I definitely don’t have space for in my apartment.
 
RobbieBobby said:
For someone who often finds himself with crackle at the end of cleaning sessions, what is the correct way to dry records?
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See if you can follow me here...I found a ball point pen that fits perfect in the spindle hole. After the spins (3 right, 3 left, 3 right, 3 left) I put the pen in and lift the record out letting the excess drip off. Then I have a spray bottle with distilled water and I blast both sides of the record while spinning it to get all of the fluid off. After that I spin the record on the pen three times to throw excess water off. Then I put it on a microfiber cloth on the counter..push down on the label with one hand while drying the record clockwise with the other hand. After that I put them in a dish drying rack and let air dry. The rack holds 17 records so by the time I get to 17 the first should be dry. Then I start from the oldest and put them back in the sleeves. Then start over again.
 
While we're on the subject of cleaning records...what's the best way to wash microfiber cloths? Wash in cold with a bit of detergent and air dry? I've been drying them in the dryer but they've come out with tons of static so am thinking I need to start air drying them.
 
tvham said:
While we're on the subject of cleaning records...what's the best way to wash microfiber cloths? Wash in cold with a bit of detergent and air dry? I've been drying them in the dryer but they've come out with tons of static so am thinking I need to start air drying them.
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I was wondering this as well
 
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