Vinyl Junkies …

They've been getting discussed in the Audiophile thread. I have a Project vacuum because it's cheap and I've had it replaced twice under guarantee, they have been generous in that respect.

I don't think I would want ultrasonic only and it's difficult to get ultrasonic that handles 7", in my experience they are the dirtiest.

I'm happy with the job the vacuum does. Reduction in static helps records stay a bit cleaner. It's an added expense, time consuming and noisy but for me worth it.

Now have had access to large ultrasonic baths and have used them on records laid flat. The labels peel off and the records come out cleaner, all the mould and dirt are gone. This is not a cheap ultrasonic bath, and I would not have had access to it normally. The records I cleaned came from boot sales and were mouldy. Don't have an amazing needle nor and amazing deck so no idea if it makes that much difference.

The specific record ones I have seen only do a certain area of the record and then you turn the record to a new area, then that gets cleaned. Not sure the ultrasonic baths are anything special such as multiple harmonic transducers.

If I needed to clean records now, I'd use car shampoo as there is little abrasive material in there and just to break the surface tension of the water, and a carbon fiber brush to clean the worn record material from the groves.