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23-01-2017, 21:21
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I just received my new Record Cleaning Machine! It's the new Pro-Ject VC-S. I've been watching their website and the mail order stores waiting for this unit to come to market for a long while. Better than a year from when they said it would be available. I had a VPI 16.5, and loved it, but it developed a bad leak. And now that I've got my new Pro-Ject I'm very pleased! It's like they looked at the 16.5 and improved on it every way possible. The overall design, the smooth box makes it easier to keep clean. And any cleaning fluid that goes over the edge of a record is easily wiped up with a napkin. On the 16.5 fluid that went over the edge was down inside the box and would run under the platter, making it difficult to clean up, and If you left it then it would eventually warp the particle board. It doesn't have a platter, I was concerned that it wouldn't be firm enough to apply pressure to the record to scrub it. But even old flimsy records hold up fine under the scrubbing brush. And it has a bidirectional motor, so you can scrub in both directions. And because it has no platter, when you clean the second side of the record, you don't put the clean side down on a dirty cork mat. It has a clamp that covers the label completely so you won't get the label wet, and it gives the record ample support. The suction arm is solid aluminum, the arm on my old 16.5 was plastic and constantly slipping apart. It is far quieter than my old 16.5, has good torque, and has a larger tank so you can clean many records without worrying about having to stop and dump the tank. Instead of a hose hanging out of the back, you tip it up and pour the fluid out, or I believe I'll just use a siphon hose into a cup. And lastly, it was so easy to slip the vinyl sleeve over the edge of the record and get it into the sleeve without touching it. So needless to say I am very happy with this machine. At $499 US, that's $150 US cheaper than the 16.5, and is a superior machine in every respect. I can't really compare it to any other brands, as I've had no experience with them. Although my son in law has the Record Doctor from Audio Advisor that cost $199 US, which is a vacuum but completely manual operation, scrub your record on the desk and then place wet side down and spin manually. But he loves it, so depending on the size of your collection and pocketbook, it could be a fine solution. But this much I know, if you play records, once you own an RCM, you'll never want to be without one again! The difference in sound quality they bring is nothing short of amazing.
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I just received my new Record Cleaning Machine! It's the new Pro-Ject VC-S. I've been watching their website and the mail order stores waiting for this unit to come to market for a long while. Better than a year from when they said it would be available. I had a VPI 16.5, and loved it, but it developed a bad leak. And now that I've got my new Pro-Ject I'm very pleased! It's like they looked at the 16.5 and improved on it every way possible. The overall design, the smooth box makes it easier to keep clean. And any cleaning fluid that goes over the edge of a record is easily wiped up with a napkin. On the 16.5 fluid that went over the edge was down inside the box and would run under the platter, making it difficult to clean up, and If you left it then it would eventually warp the particle board. It doesn't have a platter, I was concerned that it wouldn't be firm enough to apply pressure to the record to scrub it. But even old flimsy records hold up fine under the scrubbing brush. And it has a bidirectional motor, so you can scrub in both directions. And because it has no platter, when you clean the second side of the record, you don't put the clean side down on a dirty cork mat. It has a clamp that covers the label completely so you won't get the label wet, and it gives the record ample support. The suction arm is solid aluminum, the arm on my old 16.5 was plastic and constantly slipping apart. It is far quieter than my old 16.5, has good torque, and has a larger tank so you can clean many records without worrying about having to stop and dump the tank. Instead of a hose hanging out of the back, you tip it up and pour the fluid out, or I believe I'll just use a siphon hose into a cup. And lastly, it was so easy to slip the vinyl sleeve over the edge of the record and get it into the sleeve without touching it. So needless to say I am very happy with this machine. At $499 US, that's $150 US cheaper than the 16.5, and is a superior machine in every respect. I can't really compare it to any other brands, as I've had no experience with them. Although my son in law has the Record Doctor from Audio Advisor that cost $199 US, which is a vacuum but completely manual operation, scrub your record on the desk and then place wet side down and spin manually. But he loves it, so depending on the size of your collection and pocketbook, it could be a fine solution. But this much I know, if you play records, once you own an RCM, you'll never want to be without one again! The difference in sound quality they bring is nothing short of amazing.
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