"Jim Lesurf" wrote in message
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A friend of mine bought a record cleaning machine and was very
dissapointed
by the results.

Well I did wonder if these machines are really the "miracle cure" a lot
of audiophile reviews claim they are...


The problem is that any grit that has been 'stuck' in the groove and
played
may well have damaged the vinyl when the stylus hammered the grit. Hence
removing it simply exposes the damage which still produces a click.

Indeed - and I can accept that some of my LPs may be beyond practicable
salvation. But even for records that have a relatively low level of
clicks/pops (and, of course, general surface noise), I fully expect to
further "restore" the digital transcription via "WAV repair" software - and
that's perfectly fine.


I think it is the case that some shops have cleaning machines. If so, try
and find one and use it to clean one or two discs and see if this makes
much difference.

I'm not having any luck finding such shops here, unfortunately. Indeed
Loricraft have just contacted me to say they have no dealers at all in the
north :-(

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Cheers,


Dave