Does a good job cleaning, too, although it needs to be broken in
So once you've got the Spin Clean, each successive cleaning job is really cheap
The Spin Clean does an excellent job with mildy dirty records but wood glue just blows it out of the water when it comes to really digging into the grooves to get gunk out.2
The spin clean does a great job cleaning records and is easy to use.
Easy to use dies excellent job, much better than Hi Fi Parastat
The cleaning fluid will clean about 50 records before needing to change water as stated on the bottle of cleaner
It really does clean the vinyl efficiently and the cleaning fluid seems to go a long way
First, it makes sense to set aside a few hours and clean a bunch of records at a time, maybe 35-50, otherwise you're wasting cleaning fluid and setup time
Its not magic, two brushes, two rollers, and a bottle of cleaning fluid
It's a tank of cleaning fluid with brushes on each side of the tank at the center.
Still, it is time well spent because the process gets your records clean and in doing so will not only improve the sound but will also delay wear on your stylus and the record itself
I can't say that it's made my already "clean" records sound better, but they certainly sound good and LOOKED very clean.
Clean records sound so much better, and this system is an easy way to get them clean without getting the label wet.
the records sound clean with high fidelity and very few, if any, skips due to dust
This will remove the left behind residue which can produce a slight static sound
For me, one of the main minuses of more expensive record cleaning machines is the time they need take to clean each record.
If you're serious about your records, I would urge you to combine the Spin-Clean with a vacuum-based record cleaning machine.
However, if you are a serious collector don't fool yourself into thinking that the Spin Clean will substitute for a vacuum-based or ultrasonic record cleaning machine,
I couldn't justify the expensive vacuum cleaning machines,
so yes I am disappointed but not really surprised once I saw the brushes that the machine uses.if you have records that you don't clean regularly this will probably
I love this thing but it is SO expensive for a plastic bathtub for records.
But was blown away by how well it cleaned my vinyls, the only thing I noticed was there were a few things pops on the banks before each track, but the tracks themselves have yet to have and pops or distortion, in fact they sound even better
As sensitive people are with records, this thing is great to have
When I say this thing cleans and de-statics the vinyl, it DOES!!
Only bad thing is that ....its pretty expensive for what it is
I tried my friend's VPI 16.5 record clean machine, and felt that spin clean + wood glue results in the similar quality of cleaning as with the VPI cleaner.
As the description says, you can clean up to 50 LP’s on one tank, and it can sit for up to a week
It's made of cheap plastic and it takes a huge amount of labor to use
The plastic feels a little cheap, but who wants to pay more for precision-lathed rollers?
It is essentially a strong plastic tub that has 2 soft brushes that face each other in the middle of the tub.
I have the Orbitrac 3 Pro and it works pretty well, but not nearly as good as this cleaner
Keep in mind that you only really need to clean the disc once, repeated cleanings will likely cause unnecessary wear
Still, it is time well spent because the process gets your records clean and in doing so will not only improve the sound but will also delay wear on your stylus and the record itself
I got the MKIII bottle with the MKII unit, so I was initially confused as to how much of the solution to use
And it allows me to clean records faster as I don't have to wait for them to dry on a dish rack before putting them into a new sleeve
The unit has eliminated the static electricity pops I was getting from dry cleaning the discs.
After cleaning them with this system, they still have some pops but sound
I'm also finding that static pops are pretty much eliminated after cleaning and the vinyl seems less resistant to accumulating more dust, so brushing is not needed as often
The music became clearer, the backgrounds got quieter, and pops and clicks were reduced significantly on older albums.
A $1 record I bought from a thrift store that popped and clicked
That's OK, though I can't see what dirt comes off the records until I dump the water in the sink
I used to have the old dry brushes to clean the visible dirt and dust off my records - but that was nothing compared to the Spin-Clean Record Washer System.
but it does clean more dirt out than just using a brush.
The brushes seem to get into the grooves to remove dirt and dust quite well
Though it seems possible for dirt to get onto the pads and scratch the records, it has never happened to