I joined the Spin Clean Club.
I looked at that Canfab one, but, to be perfectly honest, I think some of my records - all of which are second hand with dubious histories - required something a little more serious than a light vacuuming. I'm also pretty chea.... frugal. So, when I saw a Spin Clean at 50% Off, I knew that was the choice for me.
After a marathon of record cleaning last night, I'm pretty impressed. After only a single cleaning, the Spin Clean silenced some notoriously crackly LP's. I'm playing "Road Food" at the moment. Other than a couple brief splattery moments, it's holding strong carrier signal and is much quieter.
My Black Sabbath CD-4 sounds like brand new.
Sure, there's no rebuilding a worn groove - my mildly warped Dolly Parton sounds better but is still pretty crackly. I'm not sure if that's worn groove, bad pressing or just dirty. I may run it through one more time just for giggles.
I was also happy to see that after doing 10 LP's, I didn't get a single label wet. That was my biggest fear - but the water just beads up and rolls around following the runout groove around the label.
Thanks BigBill for the suggestion.
I'm going to run some of my Japanese discs through tonight. They already sound very good, so I'd imagine a light cleaning will only make them sound even better! :music