Raspy Vinyl Record Help

[risabet]

Why would you do this to some fine analog music?

[NuttyBuddy]

Why would you do this to some fine analog music?

What, transfer my analog to digital? Simple. I have two connected 400 CD changers that play my music randomly throughout the house. The only way to play my hundreds of analog records randomly, continuously, and without my intervention is to digitalize them.

My quest to create my own cleaning solution hit a snag as my local chemical supply company requires me to have a business license to purchase lab grade isopropyl alcohol and distilled triple deononized water. I didn't even get to asking about the surfacant. Guess I'll have to buy the retail record cleaner.

Buddy

[BRANDONH]

Nutty Buddy,
see my earlier post on the Gruv-Glide record cleaner below is a link.
http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo....item=1&mitem=3

[NuttyBuddy]

Nutty Buddy,
see my earlier post on the Gruv-Glide record cleaner below is a link.
http://www.elusivedisc.com/prodinfo....item=1&mitem=3

Hi Brandonh,

Thanks,

How would the Gruv-Glide results compare to the Nitty Gritty and Disk Doctor cleaning solutions? Pretty close? Geez, Royphil just uses dish soap and tap water!

[BRANDONH]

Hi Brandonh,

Thanks,

How would the Gruv-Glide results compare to the Nitty Gritty and Disk Doctor cleaning solutions? Pretty close? Geez, Royphil just uses dish soap and tap water!

I not sure how it would compare with the other two products above but my friend is a D.J. and he recommended Gruv-Glide to me.

[royphil345]

I would say that the Gruv-Glide looks more like a treatment that will also clean slightly dirty records. Think a deep cleaning with something like the Nitty-Gritty would be much better for records that haven't been cleaned in years. Not knocking the Gruv-Glide at all. I'm sure records deteriorate somehow over the years and a treatment may help.

Think in the future, I'll just add a little 91% alcohol to my mild dish soap solution and start using distilled water. I really should stop putting tap water on my records. (Could leave some mineral deposits)

[musicoverall]

I would say that the Gruv-Glide looks more like a treatment that will also clean slightly dirty records. Think a deep cleaning with something like the Nitty-Gritty would be much better for records that haven't been cleaned in years. Not knocking the Gruv-Glide at all. I'm sure records deteriorate somehow over the years and a treatment may help.

You are absolutely correct. Gruv-Glide is NOT a cleaning solution, it's a record preservative. No one should ever use this stuff to clean an LP, especially not with the two supplied pads. They'll get dirty after one use and then be useless. Gruv-Glide should only be used on clean records, as a preservative and an anti-static.

I use it religiously. As the name suggests, it helps the cartridge to ride the groove of an LP rather than dig a trench! But whatever cleaning method you use, this stuff goes on LAST! If your LP sleeve clings to the LP like a magnet, it's time for some Gruv-Glide. Great stuff!

[BRANDONH]

Hi Brandonh,

Thanks,

How would the Gruv-Glide results compare to the Nitty Gritty and Disk Doctor cleaning solutions? Pretty close? Geez, Royphil just uses dish soap and tap water!

When I first recommended it Id read good reviews about this product but was skeptical; so many companies claim that their product is best. I play my vinyl records sometimes at very high volumes 800-1000 watts and on occasion I would get feed back through the turntable. So I asked a friend who is a DJ what he did to prevent feedback. He highly recommended Gruv-Glide. So I bought it. I first applied to an clean but older album. I noticed less pops & clicks almost a 50% reduction and greater dynamics. So then applied it to one of my pristine halfspeed mastered LPs. Although my audiophile records have very little surface noise before the treatment, once the record was treated the surface noise all but disappeared. The music sounded as close to live as I have ever heard my turntable produce. The vocalization and instrumentation was MUCH clearer and the overall sound was cleaner and very pleasing plus I could not get the system to feedback at all.
I can unequivocally recommend this product with out any reservation what so ever! Once Gruv-Glide is applied to your favorite albums you will hear stuff that was literally hidden in the grooves that you may have never knew was there at all. Gruv-Glide it is a must have if you enjoy playing vinyl you will not regret it.