Definitive Audiophile pressings

Mather said:
I'll be honest. I'm kinda test driving his but to this point it hasn't improved upon my normal cleaning cycle with the Okki and hasn't fixed any problem pressings I have so I'm holding off for now.
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So fancy, but not fancy enough then?

I've been eyeing it for a while myself but the shipping is so prohibitive (I guess now Amazon has it, but it's about the same price as it was with their shipping to us). I expect it to be better than the Spin Clean I have, but I just can't justify it (so far).
 
Turbo said:
So fancy, but not fancy enough then?

I've been eyeing it for a while myself but the shipping is so prohibitive (I guess now Amazon has it, but it's about the same price as it was with their shipping to us). I expect it to be better than the Spin Clean I have, but I just can't justify it (so far).
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It is a big jump on the spin clean. I noticed it actually pulling quite a lot of white fluff from some of those ones when I cleaned them again which I’m guessing was fibres from the spin clean cloth.
 
Just to jump on the cleaning machine discussion, buying a Project VC-S2 was one of the best hobby-related decisions I have made.

90% of the records I buy are 2nd hand (or 3rd, 4th, 5th...) and typically from over 2-3 decades ago and for the most part likely never been cleaned. Even then, it opened my eyes to just how filthy new releases can be as well.

I never had a spin-clean but I believe there is a lengthy drying period, with the Project it can all be done within a few mins and into a fresh sleeve.
 
Selaws said:
Just to jump on the cleaning machine discussion, buying a Project VC-S2 was one of the best hobby-related decisions I have made.

90% of the records I buy are 2nd hand (or 3rd, 4th, 5th...) and typically from over 2-3 decades ago and for the most part likely never been cleaned. Even then, it opened my eyes to just how filthy new releases can be as well.

I never had a spin-clean but I believe there is a lengthy drying period, with the Project it can all be done within a few mins and into a fresh sleeve.
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It more that it’s manual so you’re hand drying them with a cloth. Also the nature of the machine and the fluid means it’s not great for cleaning if you’re just picking one up, you almost need a batch to make it worthwhile.

But yeah totally love the HumminGuru for the same reason, cleans used ones up lovely and just hit a button and leave it and come back to it cleaned.
 
Selaws said:
Just to jump on the cleaning machine discussion, buying a Project VC-S2 was one of the best hobby-related decisions I have made.

90% of the records I buy are 2nd hand (or 3rd, 4th, 5th...) and typically from over 2-3 decades ago and for the most part likely never been cleaned. Even then, it opened my eyes to just how filthy new releases can be as well.

I never had a spin-clean but I believe there is a lengthy drying period, with the Project it can all be done within a few mins and into a fresh sleeve.
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If I was buying lots of dirty 2nd hand records still, I'd go the vacuum cleaner route, or do a first pass on a vacuum machine then 2nd pass on ultrasonic.

With the ultrasonic, it's kinda crazy to see how much filth goes into the tank after a clean, even with brand new records. It's not gonna fix a messed up pressing, but I have had it definitely improve the sound on some records. And it's so much easier to drop a record in and clean vs having to stand there manually for every record. I also found that my VPI cleaner was so large and heavy and I didn't have a great place to store it....so I'd have it in my closet and it was a bit of a faff to lug it out to only clean one or two albums. The HG is so light and I can store it in a kallax cube, so I just pull it out any time I get a new album and throw it in for a clean.
 
MikeH said:
The HG is so light and I can store it in a kallax cube, so I just pull it out any time I get a new album and throw it in for a clean.
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This is exactly what I do with my VC-S2. It just sits in the Kallax and when needed I just pull it out and plug in.

Although, I do often get comments from people asking why I have another record player tucked away, and the obligatory eye rolls when I tell them what it actually is.
 
Mather said:
I think the Guru is great. I just haven't noticed any difference vs my Okki thus far so I'm not in any hurry to spend on another machine.
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Yeah I’d have been much more reluctant to buy one if I’d had a vacuum rcm. As it was I’d been kinda thinking it was time to upgrade from the spin clean anyway when the kickstarter came up.
 
Selaws said:
This is exactly what I do with my VC-S2. It just sits in the Kallax and when needed I just pull it out and plug in.

Although, I do often get comments from people asking why I have another record player tucked away, and the obligatory eye rolls when I tell them what it actually is.
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Hahaha! I can totally imagine the eye rolls. That’s not at all why mine is stored on a shelf in my utility room…
 
Selaws said:
This is exactly what I do with my VC-S2. It just sits in the Kallax and when needed I just pull it out and plug in.

Although, I do often get comments from people asking why I have another record player tucked away, and the obligatory eye rolls when I tell them what it actually is.
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My wife overheard that I send warped records to people with record flatteners the other day and she made so much fun of me hahaha
 
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