In this video I am continuing my exploration into vinyl records playback by looking at different record cleaning products by examining their effectiveness under a microscope. Why because the cleaner the record naturally the better sound we will get by it reducing the pops clicks and crackles that can be part of the vinyl character sound to some, but to me a small amount of it is fine but an excessive amount is not. The glory of vinyl sound should be whats pressed on the record not whats stuck to it after.
In this video I am comparing different record cleaning brushes and testing their cleaning effectiveness. I am also testing the PVA glue method of cleaning records. I am also testing and comparing Ultrasonic record cleaning using a Degritter
Products seen and used in the video list here
The microscope I used in the video link here
Brushes:
Kabuki Make Up Brush
Pro-ject Anti static brush
Audioquest Gold Carbon Fibre brush
Hart Brush - Mk 8 Hart SS Vinyl LP Record SuperCleaner available on Ebay
Furutech ASB 1 Brush Furutech ASB1
PVA Glue I used, probably not the best but in case you want to try it
The record cleaner in the video is the Degritter Mk2
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Video Equipment
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Video Monitor / Recorder
Hard Drives
HDMI Cable
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
2:44 Why a Microscope
6:42 Day One testing Brushes
12:00 Day Two testing
14:06 Day two testing brushes
19:48 PVA Glue cleaning
26:17 Ultrasonic cleaning
31:00 Super Close inspection bonus
33:25 Final thoughts
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The HiFi System seen in this video and used for the review
Acoustic Treatments from GIK Acoustics
Digital music source JCAT XACT S1 music Server
Turntable Origin Live Calypso with the Conquerer tonearm
DAC in the video Chord Electronics Hugo TT 2
Tellurium Q Statement II Digital cables linking M Scaler and TT 2
Tungsten Grooves W70 Isolation Feet
Gryphon Diablo 333 Integrated amplifier
Power IsoTek EVO 3 NOVA / IsoTek Genesis One / IsoTek EVO 3 Titan
Tellurium Q Statement II Analogue Cable
Power Cables Tellurium Q Silver, Silver Diamond
Tellurium Q Statement II Digital cables
Tellurium Q Statement II USB cable
HiFi Racks - Quadraspire Q4 Evo
HiFi Racks Podium Reference.
REL NO.31 Subwoofers