Originally Posted by
colinB
Been buying on e bay again. Tonight ive cleaned a few Lps with my new Okki nokki and im using a record clamp, both arriving this morning.
The record weight is all the way from the Ukraine , an optional extra for the Musical Fidelity M1 , it looks like a Michel clamp but weighs 350gm and is made of Berylium copper.
Listening to Neil Young Zuma that sounded pretty rough , crackly and dull,sounding pretty sublime now. Thanks to Chris for kindly showing me what a clean lp sounds like. Dead chuffed
I bought a Spin Clean record cleaner, a basic affair where you manually rotate the record in a bath of cleaning solution with a pair of velvet covered pads which scrub the grooves. Rinse off and dry. It makes an amazing difference to the quietness and sound.
http://www.spincleanrecordwasher.com/
One day I will buy an automatic one like the Okki Nokki.
I also use Magic Eraser to regularly clean my stylus's, it makes a huge difference as well. You just have to be careful just to lower the stylus into it using the cueing device, as it is easy to damage the cantilever.
Phillip.
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