Originally Posted by
montesquieu
A modest bonus in June salary is making the likelihood of upgrading my RCM a distinct possibility. The old Moth works well enough but it's too noisy to use when the wife is around, meaning I only get it out when she is away doing stuff (and even then a lot of the time I can't be bothered).
I'm looking for something I can keep in the living room and possibly run while music is playing - the Loricraft models seem to allow that and I like the point vacuum approach.
However the Audiodesk seems to get some good reviews - easy to use, and thorough, although consumables appear to be an expensive down-side ...I have something like 4,000 records altogether so cleaning them all would be a pricey task. (I'd probably never get round to it anyway but I would like to be in a position to clean as I go, any time I find a dirty one, get it sorted there and then).
Anyone with direct experience of Audiodesk vs Loricraft type? I'm not far away from being able to pull the trigger on one or other.
I have owned both and I prefer the Loricraft. It is much quieter, although if you truly want quiet, the PR-6 is even quieter than my PR-4. I also feel that the records are cleaner. The Audiodesk can't be beat for certain types of dirtiness, but the Loricraft allows different types of cleaner and you can scrub away dirty, greasy fingerprints or go over certain areas again and again.
I won't buy an ultrasonic again for another reason...a fellow on an American forum cleaned over fifty records in a row on his KL Audio ultrasonic and he had migraines for over a week and suffered other symptoms. You are exposed to high frequency noise, but can't hear it. A couple of records are probably fine but the gist of his story was to put the machine in the garage. He stopped listening to his Shindo system for over a week after that. You are supposed to listen to more not less.
Although there is noise with the Loricraft, you could still listen to music with it running. I have several types of cleaning fluid but my favourite is the Art Du Son.
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