"Dave Matthews" wrote


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... I suppose what I'm wondering is, even accepting that LPs will
never render CD-like quality, irrespective of any amount of cleaning
done to them, is it still worth forking out for a professional RCM?
Frankwm doesn't seem to think so.



'CD-like quality'...???

Who the hell wants it? I still think your approach is wrong if you are
trying to get an LP to sound like a CD. (You like *two dimensional*
sound??)

As to whether or not an RCM is worth it kinda depends on what you have
in the way of records. I have at least 3,000 discs (Swim says 4,000 - I
ain't counting them) most of which came from charity shops. Despite many
of them being *unplayed* there was still the grime of ages on a number
of them and even mould on a few - for me there was no doubt that an RCM
would be useful/necessary....

(Last time I looked, the Moth cleather could be bought as a kit which
represented a considerable saving, IIRC??)