CrazyDiamond84
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Lol, I'm sorry...you could have been a crazy photo snob that might care, idk!
New ultrasonic vinyl cleaner in the works: Humminguru
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Lacubrious
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It's not much. Mine was about $10 AUD for a 473ml bottle. It'll last you a long time based on how much you use. I got my from a specialist Photographic supply store. I actually spent more on express shipping for it to get here
dansomeone
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It's a solution used in film developing. Any photography supply shop should have it. I got a bottle for $12.99 locally.
Tortured Diaper Baby Dept
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G-g-g-guru unit! That is, my HG arrived today. Unfortunately work is busy so I won't be able to run it till the weekend.
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MikeH
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Is it even ultrasonic???
Tortured Diaper Baby Dept
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You even ultrasonic, bruh?
tvham
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Give me gin and tonic
Smartiepants
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Arse Biscuits
kvetcha
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those French!
CrazyDiamond84
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Still in Alaska..hopefully it gets on the next dogsled out of town!
So, listening to another trouble record now and distilled/ilfotol has made things quite significantly better. Less crackles and small pops and cleaner sound all over, I think.
More checking to come. I also have some new records coming in to clean, so some real A/B testing can be done.
I for sure won't buy a Degritter any time soon.
Oh, and those people on the internet that seem to think a record can be completely clean if you put it under a magnifying glass: There's a place for you at the Steve Hoffman forums!
More checking to come. I also have some new records coming in to clean, so some real A/B testing can be done.
I for sure won't buy a Degritter any time soon.
Oh, and those people on the internet that seem to think a record can be completely clean if you put it under a magnifying glass: There's a place for you at the Steve Hoffman forums!
vinylcleaner888
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These positive feedbacks are really confusing. Doesn't at all line up with the shitty youtube reviews.
Tortured Diaper Baby Dept
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Reviewing for a large audience is kind of a fine art. I'm sure they're trying but, unfortunately, sometimes - due to lack of inherent talent, experience, time, etc - people produce shitty reviews.
vinylcleaner888
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Shitty in the sense that their assessment of the unit's performance was that it was shitty. That doesn't jibe with the opinions here.
Tortured Diaper Baby Dept
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I knew what you meant
Honestly I would trust the opinions of posters on here before I would look to YouTube. Bad reviews get a lot more clicks than good reviews, and that's what pays the bills for these guys to a large degree. Nothing is going to work miracles, even with existing machines that cost five times the price you still have to do a pre clean with really dirty records, it's simply not going to get them totally clean after one run, nothing will. I have a Okki Nokki and I'll do a clean and rinse cycle on every disc, that's brushing every disc with the motor running clockwise, then counter clockwise for 5 revolutions. And then rinsing the same way, and even then I still have to do a second clean in some cases with really stubborn dirt. And that's with actual physical contact on the disc. With Ultrasonic it's simply not going to get those really really dirty records clean after a single run in many cases.
I don't own a Humminguru but having seen some of the reviews on YouTube, I find them a little disingenuous. Although kudos to @polypetalous for swinging by here and talking with us about what he found with his tests.
kvetcha
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I think if you don’t go in expecting a Degritter for 1/10th the cost you’ll probably be happy with it. I find very little to complain about at the price point.
vinylcleaner888
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What else would a degritter do for me as far as a clean record goes? that's what i'm trying to pin down.