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(4.60 Stars) 25 person(s) rated this product.
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Won me over posted on 12/20/2011
5 Stars
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| Like some others here, I was quite dubious about this product. But a vacuum machine is way out of my price range, so I tried the Spin Clean. I was astonished at the results -- clean, residue-free records with noticeable reduction in pops and clicks. This really seems to get the dirt out. In fact, I purposely chose the 25 worst records in my collection to start. By the time I was finished, the water in the cleaning unit was nearly black!
I also use Gruv-Glide on my discs. The Spin-Clean gets the gunk and dirt out, which helps tremendously with surface noise, but it won't do much for a record that has been mistracking. Gruv-Glide does. At any rate, using Spin-Clean first and then Gruv-Glide, the result is that my vinyl collection never has sounded better.
A few points to consider: Work slowly. Take your time. You're cleaning records, and that is a job that takes patience. Also, my drying technique got better as I went along, so starting with your lesser albums really is a good idea.
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Hella Cheap, But Perfect For Cleaning 45's posted on 07/22/2011
2 Stars
Reviewer: Oxxo
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| There's plastic, and then there's cheap-ass plastic. This is cheap-ass plastic, and under no circumstances should this product be confused with--or compared to--a professional vacuum/VPI system.
Keep valuable, thick or audiophile records away from it. Anything thicker than standard LPs will hardly rotate through the tight, non-adjustable brushes. And the little cheesecloth rags that come with it leave lint all over the record surface, as well as charge the vinyl with static electricity as you dry. After a few cycles, the plastic rollers start jumping out of their slots as you clean (a dab of Lithium grease on the pivots solves this.)
Basically its junk, but makes cleaning dirty 45's a breeze.
NOTE: Rotate the record as you lower/press it into the brush jaws. This will keep dirt particles that are embedded in the brushes from damaging the grooves. Do the same when you remove the record. NEVER PUSH OR PULL THE RECORD PERPENDICULAR TO THE BRUSHES!
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Better Than Sliced Bread posted on 04/04/2010
5 Stars
Reviewer: James N. Perlman
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| First, yes, there are problems with the rollers. Call Spin-Clean, they will send you, at no cost, new rollers that can't come apart. Second, this is a remarkable cleaner. Following cleaning, there is neither residue nor static. Some albums that had been cleaned previously, including some with the most regarded cleaning machine available, became even more quiet. I can't say this will do as great a job on really dirty records as does Disc Doctor. I can say records first cleaned with Disc Doctor will benefit from a Spin-Clean bath. Some hints, first, get a bunch of extra clothes. Second, according to the owner of the company, the clothes are reusable by a simple machine washing without any fabric softener. Third, use a cloth underneath the album while drying the top side. This machine rendered my Japanese pressing of Eno's "Before And After Science" nearly dead quiet. That's quite an achievement given the subdued nature to the second side of this album.
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AMAZING! posted on 12/10/2009
5 Stars
Reviewer: DAVE THOMAS
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| I wanted a Nitty Gritty. I wanted a VPI, but the prices were more than I wanted to pay right now. So, when I decided to try the SPIN CLEAN, I was a bit skeptical when it arrived. It is very simple to use and my first impression upon opening the box was "too simple". I have now cleaned well over 500 LPS. It is indeed simply amazing! The records are cleaned of all dirt, fingerprints, smudges, etc. leaving them looking and sounding virtually like new. It's shocking how much dirt ends up in the bottom of the Spin Clean resevoir, even from relatively clean looking records. The sound quality improves dramatically, static electricity totally gone. What else is amazing to me is how much cleaning solution that I still have left even after cleaning 500+ LPs. Sure I'd like a machine with vacuum abilities like Nitty Grittys... but this is such a great alternative... Relatively Inexpensive, Simple, Easy, and Very Effective. Try it, you'll like it.
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A hot tub party for your records posted on 07/11/2009
5 Stars
Reviewer: Mike Rahill, Oklahoma City
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| An elegant, simple, & inexpensive answer to a vexing problem. I can't believe it took me so long to discover this thing, since apparently they've been making them in Pittsburgh since 1968! It's like a great kitchen gadget- I couldn't live without a pepper mill or mortar & pestle, but I don't need a motor on them either. Lately I've had incredible luck with rare vintage thrift store finds- NM to Ex+, but filthy. They've been piling up, then I got this thing. It's actually fun to clean them! Farm dirt, lichens, fingerprints, petrified popsicle drips, even Precambrian mollusks dissolve & sink to the bottom, leaving the fluid clear & the label dry. Hold up that 1958 Audio Fidelity copy of Mohammed El-Bakkar's 'Port Said', stare in disbelief at the cover, then say, "Her life is in your hands, dude." But then you must say, "Jesus, man, could you change the channel? Man, come on, I had a rough night, and I hate the f#@%*n' Eagles, man!
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