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Originally Posted by dolifant
Those of you without an automated cleaning machine, what is your ritual to clean the disks (and stylus)? Zerostat, fluid? what brushes?
Also, how often do you have to check your setup...alignment, what not?
BTW, I will likely go with Todd if I take the plunge...I'm leaning to VPI.
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I use an Audio Advisor Record Doctor III with Todd's Vinyl Zyme (I do NOT use the fluid that came with the machine) - it would cost you a total of 250 dollars for the machine and the fluid. I also got a better brush from Todd (I don't know who makes it - though if you ask Todd what the hard brush was that he sold to Andrew, he'll tell you what it is).
This method for me has been fantastic. It cleans and preserves my records like never before. Some people even prefer the use of manual rotation because then they are confident that they are getting a good clean. To me, the only thing that you are getting from paying more for a more automated machine is the convenience factor (and that's no big deal for me).