ArePro-Ject Audio System’s new vacuum-packing record-cleaning machinespart of this problem, or are they essential?
Clean Machine
Records are physical items, and they get dirty.
Pro-Ject Audio System’s Vinyl Cleaner VC-S.
And then theres dust-attracting static, which just makes everything more complicated.
An electromotive style record cleaner.kyoshino / Getty Images
The answer is to clean your records, preferably when you first get them.
If you take care of them, then they probably wont need another deep clean for many years.
Some folks just run a carbon-fiber brush through the grooves before playing.
Pro-Ject Audio System’s $500 Vinyl Cleaner VC-S.Pro-Ject Audio System’s Vinyl Cleaner VC-S.
Others use a gadget like Audio-TechnicasRecord Care Kitto wet-clean the disk as it spins on the turntable.
But of course, there are more expensive and more effective gadgets to do the job for you.
Audio-Technica
Record Prices
Apparently, record-cleaning machines are excellent.
Audio-Technica’s Record Care Kit.Audio-Technica
The standard kind looks like a kind of super-boxy industrial record player.
As they should be, for $3,895.00.
The results are pretty conclusive.
Spincare
In the post-wash waveform, all the spikes triggered by pops and clicks are gone.
After all, millions and millions of people enjoyed records for years and never even thought about cleaning them.
