Brad Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 You may find this thread from Hoffmann interesting. I’m in the Yes camp. Do you clean new vinyl before first playback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 Yes - makes quite a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 I dry brush every record every time I play it. I don't own a record cleaner. Never have owned one and never saw the need to buy one. If a record is particular dirty, I might put some fluid on my D4 brush. That's the extent of my cleaning. BTW - as I've gotten older, I've realized that my finger tip is an excellent tool to get off small pieces of junk that get stuck on a record. With a little skill and a soft touch, I've been able to pick off some pretty tough pieces of gunk off of LPs and my success rate has been pretty good. In most cases, pops and clicks that were present before I got that junk off now play clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 I find that with new records, quite a bit of gunk comes off on first clean with the VPI - some form of setting compound I think. Sonically, there is always an improvement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 I clean before the first spin too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcy62 Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 It depends on my laziness but I tend to agree with the Yes party. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted October 17, 2020 Report Share Posted October 17, 2020 (edited) when I was doing a lot of transfers for clients and record companies I owned that thing with the fluids and the turntable - can't think of what it was called but it was considered high end at the time - and I rarely heard a difference with the average, medium-dusty LP. So I don't do it that often. But I often shower myself first, just to make sure none of that old-age dust gets on the vinyl. Edited October 17, 2020 by AllenLowe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 14, 2020 Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 got a lionel hampton "jivin the vibes" 30s comp on Camden sealed in the bag w/ no sleeve the other day- lp was wrecked but upon cleaning it became mint again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 Did Camden actually use inner sleeves? Budget label, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 not always Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctjazzguy Posted March 18, 2021 Report Share Posted March 18, 2021 I usually don't unless it is noisy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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