Loricraft is the daddy
And Ive got one.
......PRC3mkII
I put alot of time into lookign into rcm's before buying one.
Moth, Oki etc, they clean the record fairly well however they loose alot of suction due to spreading the suction across the width of the record at once. They need frequent brush changes and the results are just ok. They are cheaper to buy but expensive to run.
Loricraft and Keith Monk (which is the real daddy of RCM's however start at circa £5,000.00). They opperate with a tone arm like head with the vacume only working through a small nozzle. Both also work with a thread being the only thing between the head and the record...approx 0.1mm.
The key to a good clean is the fluids, brushes and vacume. I use strong 1 pt pure ISO to 2 pt lab distilled water followed by vac then wash with L'Art Du Son and vac. Each of the 2 washes are with different very fine brushes (almost like velvet).
Im serious when I say, I can buy shitty dirty records and make them near perfect again. Unfortunately physical damage is perminant.
Please do not use polish and get the ISO and Distilled water if nothing else. Also you can use a Henry Vac to clean if needed with velvet over the end nozzle....seen it done as does make an improvement.
Go on, get a Loricraft you wont regret it just might be a bit overdrawn for a while:S
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