Agreed!Originally Posted by struth
keep records clean and you shouldnt need it
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Agreed!keep records clean and you shouldnt need it
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Clean records are a must , End
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If the LP pressing plants were decent enough to package clean records to begin with, there would be no problem. That not being the case, we have no recourse but to clean them before we play them for the first time.keep records clean and you shouldnt need it
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I think Grant is talking about cleaning the stylus. Of course records need to be cleaned, I've had new ones that look like they were pressed down a coal mine.
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I've just bought a KAB EV-1 and am looking forward to testing it out. Taking all that's been said on this thread into consideration, what cleaning fluid would be best? I'm more than happy to make it up myself.
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I used to use a KAB EV-1 along with the L'Art du Son cleaning fluid, small bottle costs little over £30 and makes 5 litres enough for many many records.
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Exactly what I was thinking....cheers.
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