yeah. theose threads show up when you search "MusicHall" (i checked last night), which is the brand of rekkid playa discussed in this thread. you know, because we've talked about this before.


salut.

Faiz are you crabby today?

yes.

kerble wrote:yes.

Chin up little buckaroo.

Don't mind Kerble, he's just feeling 30.

caix wrote:http://www.nittygrittyinc.com/

^ do what he says - that record cleaner changed everything for me.

I got an idea. Let's limit General Discussion to 3 threads: one about baseball, one about music and one that's everything goes, not related to the first two. That way kerble can rest easy at night.

I think I'm going to save up for a nitty-gritty. Definitely worth it, I have more used than new vinyl.

It would be cool if you could rent a nice cleaner...I mean after you clean them once, put some nice anti static stuff on them and put them in your dust free bags/rice paper, you should never have to clean them again.

of course, it would probably take quite some time, and a big production. bleah.

Caix:

what you are hearing in your new turntable is MUSIC. Before, it used to be sound, now, with all the details and cues and toneality, it sounds like music. That's the difference. It has emotional impact and feeling behind it.

I know what Steve said, but in my experience, those Discwasher brushes are pretty crap. Record cleaning machines are good, if you don't over use them. Nitty gritty's are OK, but VPIs are better. Most non-vaccuum record cleaning systems (Discwasher, i'm looking at you) actually push more dust and grime into the grooves than they remove. Better to have a nice clean stylus (get a DW stylus cleaning brush, or one of those vibrating ones) and let that clean out the groove.

Of course us linn geeks clean our stylus with sandpaper. I'm not going to recommend that to the general population. I have even seen it done with the abrasive on a matchbook. Watch that staple!

Isn't the idea with the vacuum ones, to let the solution sit for a bit, which will hopefully soften and absorb some of the crap?

I hear the carbon brush is best after a clean. removes the static.