Do you guys wash brand new vinyl?

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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If so why? I am just a lazy pos and want to spin my new Ella Louie LP's but dont want to break out my cheapo washer.
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  • SCompRacer
    SCompRacer Posts: 8,504
    edited October 2017
    I wash new vinyl. For one they stick it in a paper sleeve that sheds. Clean the record and insert it into a Mobile Fidelity inner sleeve. Keep your pinkys off the record and no cheetos or pizza rolls allowed while handling records.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    Agreed. The release agent used on the records to free them from the molds will also grab dust and trap it inside those nasty paper sleeves. I have had some of the dirtiest styli after just one play of a new record.
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  • decal
    decal Posts: 3,205
    Always
    If you can't hear a difference, don't waste your money.
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    edited October 2017
    I clean them, put them into a new inner sleeve, then add an outter sleeve just to be fancy.

    I usually toss the original sleeve unless it has artwork, etc on them.
    2 channel:
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Thanks guys. I kindda knew the answer, that's why I waited to play this 11 buck set. I should have bought more of them at the price. I didn't know I was in the hole then. These sets would have made great (cheap) gifts. So I will break out the mud maker and magic fluid. I am so sick that I want to buy more vinyl to justify the effort lol.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,338
    Yes! I have done this for a while. It does make a difference.
    Carl

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,135
    Absolutely. Every time.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Absolutely. Every time.

    Tom

    Tom, how often do you wash them between plays?
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,135
    As soon as I hear unwanted artifacts. In general, I'll clean every album side before I play it. New or not. I'm a big fan of vinyl but do not like the "nostalgia" of the clicks and pops. Cleaning with the RCM in conjunction with steam cleaning prior to each play reduces these artifacts by up to 95% IME. That's just me though, this would be overkill for most folks.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    @treitz3 I am no purist, I got a TT because I had a somewhat small collection of LP's fossilizing it was a shame not to be able to play them. I hopefully never go that far into this "rabbit hole" unless I have the funds but if you love it, that is all that matters. GO FOR IT! I am a digital man because I am lazy lol.
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,121
    Yes.
    Same with second hand underwear.
    I disabled signatures.
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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    I used to, before I got help with my OCD.
    Oh, Listen here mister. We got no way of understandin' this world. But we got as much sense of this bird flyin in the sky. Now there is a lot that bird don't know, but it don't change the fact that the world is happening to him all the same. What I am tryin to say is, is that the course of your life, well its changing, and you don't even see it- Forest Bondurant
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,015
    Do everybody wash their brand new underwear?
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  • FestYboy
    FestYboy Posts: 3,861
    ^ no! That's the cleanest they'll ever be!
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,446
    dromunds wrote: »
    Do everybody wash their brand new underwear?

    Not until they can stand up by themselves.
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  • motorhead43026
    motorhead43026 Posts: 3,900
    edited October 2017
    I even was my hands before and after peeing.

    Yes, on the new vinyl.
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    It is imperative that we recognize that an opinion is not a fact.
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    motorhead43026 wrote: »
    I even was my hands before and after peeing.

    Yes on the new vinyl.

    You shouldn't pee on new vinyl
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    I always clean my new ones, just don't trust them not doing it correctly!
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