Oh Boy New Toy

She just arrived....
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  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,930
    So looking forward to cleaning some LP's.

    This is replacing my venerable VPI 16.5.

    How puny have I gotten that I'm tired of flipping my LP over on the VPI RCM. Will just have to suck it up.
  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,974
    Awesome!. New toys are cool.

    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. ~
  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 29,421
    I'd swear you were hoping for 101 parts to sell something

    Congrats!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,930
    edited November 2025
    I'll creep back to this and give an eval compared to the 16.5.
    Will have to experiment with some don't give a poo LP's before I crack the seal on the One Step's.

    Feel like a little kid again, at Christmas, learning how the toy operates.
    Me like dem feelers...
  • Clipdat
    Clipdat Posts: 13,089
    Congrats, looks like a hell of a machine!
  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,930
    Thanks, it is a beast of a build. Didn't expect it to weigh as much as it does.

    Haven't tried it yet.
    Getting the Clearaudio fluid was a pain in the. It came in yesterday and am waiting on the
    L'ART DU SON. Heard that's a really good fluid too.
    We'll do a comparison over the Thanksgiving holiday.
  • Geoff4rfc
    Geoff4rfc Posts: 2,823
    What the heck??? How does it work??
    Set up:

    Marantz AV8802A - Sources: BRP Panasonic 9000/CDP Emotiva ERC 3 - Display: LG OLED EVO 83 C3 - Amplification: Emotiva XPA-DR3, XPA-6, XPA-2 x 2 - Speakers: Focal/PolkAudio, Mains/2ch - Kanta No2, C - LSiM706, SS - LSiM702, WS - RTiA9, RS - RTiA9, FH - RTiA3 - Subs: Epik Empires x 2

    Cables: AQ McKenzie XLR's from CDP to AVP to amp for 2ch, Emotiva XLR's for the rest - Douglasconnection: Furutech Alpha 36 12g speaker wire for 2ch, Furez 10g speaker wire for the rest - AQ Forest48 HDMI for the display, AQ Carbon48 HDMI from BRP to AVP - VR3 filtered power cables for CDP, BRP and AVP, Emotiva power cables for the amps - AudioQuest 505 power conditioner.

    EXPERIENCE: next to nothing, but I sure enjoy audio and video MY OPINION OF THIS HOBBY: I may not be a smart man, but I know what quicksand is.
    When I was young, I was Superman but now that old age has gotten the best of me I'm only Batman
  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,930
    It's a Clearaudio record cleaning machine.
    Does both sides at the same time.

    Pull of the record clamp and put the LP, or 45, on, put the clamp back on and ready to clean.
    Turn it on the record spins, push a button and the machine applies the cleaning fluid to both sides.
    The brushes closest in the pic scrubs the record.
    When done scrubbing the record... turn the vacuum on and BAM, clean record void of static.
  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,277
    Nice new addition for sure. Congrats... nothing like a new toy to put a smile on your face. Enjoy.
  • skipshot12
    skipshot12 Posts: 1,930
    Thanks, loving it.

    Was using a VPI 16.5 for years. The VPI only does one side at a time and always had problems with static on the LP's, always having to use the Zerostat to keep static to a minimum.