Loricraft cleaning machine

Anyone out there use the Loricraft record cleaning machine?

www.smartdev.com/loricraft.html

 

Michael Fremer's got one. He posts here from time to time, perhaps he'll chime in, or give it a full review in Stereophile or themusicangle.com.

 

Nice piece of equipment and I'd love to have one, but at nearly $2,000??

Heck my TT and cartridge don't even come close to that!

 

Mine neither, but clean records are a way of life too. I had some cleaned once on the Keith Monks machine - very similar to this. They were fine after I'd cleaned them again! (the cleaning fluid seemed to be equal parts alcohol and tap water by the smell)

Seriously, this is nice but there are other ways of drying a record - like using paper towels, or just leaving it. What's more important is getting whatever's on the groove walls off them, and that's not a prime function of this expensive sucker. I do think it's a nice cleaning surface though. Not as good as a SP10 platter. Goes too fast for good scrubbing, too.

Mike
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