"Serge Auckland" wrote in message
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As I buy used vinyl (record fairs, car boot sales, charity shops) from
time to time, I'm thinking about getting a record cleaning machine
(hopefully used but in good condition) to remove the layers of crud
sometimes found on such items.

Can anyone recommend any one machine over others? I rather favour the
Keith Monks, but haven't seen one on Ebay for a long time, if ever. What
about the Moth machine or the VPI?

Are there any stars or clunkers amongst the various available?



I only have experience of my own Moth RCM, but a friend has an Okki Nokki
which fell to bits....

.....about a month before my Moth did exactly the same thing!! :-)

Luckily, Moth is only 20 minutes from here and Mike Harris fixed it before
my eyes - nice chap, has a turntable which has been running for 18 years
solid. I mentioned it a month or two back!!

Anyway, I would heartily recommend the Moth - despite the above (I have a
punishing method when using mine) it is very robust and works very well. It
is noisy (vacuum cleaner parts) and it does get hot but it does a lovely
job!! (Buy it as a kit and save a coupla hundred quid, IIRC...??)

Check the disc out in this clip for an idea:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/Hornswoggle2.avi


The sound may be ****e, but there's no denying that's a very *shiny* disk is
there?

:-)