Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread slartibartfast
kappclark wrote: > Ha Ha - Dawn dishwashing detergent did it for me, with a slow rinse with > warm water, then onto the dish rackIf tap water was acceptable I would try > that but everyone recommends distilled/deionised. Sent from my Pixel 3a using Tapatalk

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread kappclark
Ha Ha - Dawn dishwashing detergent did it for me, with a slow rinse with warm water, then onto the dish rack -- Bill Clark, Windham, VT Logitech Media Server Version: 8.2.0 - 1627922070 @ Tue Aug 3 11:37:35 CEST 2021 Hostname: ubuntu-lms - ProxMox V

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread slartibartfast
kappclark wrote: > I have tried a damp Mr Clean Magic Eraser for the Stylus -- just enough > coarseness... also the vinyl washing does work - I remember trying on a > sacrificial Lawrence Welk LP - improved the sound (but not the music)What did > you use to clean your vinyl? Probably not a mult

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread garym
Grumpy Bob wrote: > The first LP I bought would have been about 44 years ago - Dark Side of > the Moon. In the same transaction I bought Roadrunner by Jonathan > Richman and the Modern Lovers. Phoenix Records on the Royal Mile in > Edinburgh, sadly long-gone. Both those records disappeared in a b

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread kappclark
I have tried a damp Mr Clean Magic Eraser for the Stylus -- just enough coarseness... also the vinyl washing does work - I remember trying on a sacrificial Lawrence Welk LP - improved the sound (but not the music) -- Bill Clark, Windham, VT Logitech

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread P Nelson
Not having to mess with cleaning vinyl was just one of the reasons I adopted the CD format when it came out. P Nelson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58158 View this thread: http://forums.slimdev

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread slartibartfast
ian_heys wrote: > I've just come back to vinyl after a 20 year break where I tried to > obtain replacement CD's for my favourite Vinyl as well as collecting > loads of new music. > > I had, in the past, recorded my vinyl to mp3 and aac before the days of > flac and decreased storage cost/capaci

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread slartibartfast
Grumpy Bob wrote: > What's in the cleaning wipe? Presumably some solvents/detergents? Are > 'these' (https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/268043953) the > wipes? > > I once bought several box sets of old 1950s vinyl operas from an Oxfam > shop. I decided they needed a bit of a cleanu

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread ian_heys
Grumpy Bob wrote: > Maybe the channel balance issue is to do with the built-in phono > stage/ADC? Can you bypass this and take the output to an external phono > stage? > > The first LP I bought would have been about 44 years ago - Dark Side of > the Moon. In the same transaction I bought Roadru

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread Grumpy Bob
ian_heys wrote: > > I plumped for the Audio Technica LP5X which has Line Level USB and Phono > Outputs and quite a reasonable cartridge but no matter how I align the > cartridge the channel levels are not balanced and I need to correct in > Windows settings. I had the same record cleaning issues

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread Grumpy Bob
slartibartfast wrote: > I think I've just had a bit of an epiphany [emoji3]. All the years I > have had LP records I always blamed a dodgy sounding one on a worn > stylus. The only cleaning I did was a carbon fibre brush before playing. > > I was fed up with sibilance and a bit of surface noise

Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] Cleaning Vinyl

2021-09-05 Thread slartibartfast
ian_heys wrote: > I've just come back to vinyl after a 20 year break where I tried to > obtain replacement CD's for my favourite Vinyl as well as collecting > loads of new music. > > I had, in the past, recorded my vinyl to mp3 and aac before the days of > flac and decreased storage cost/capaci