ELIMINATE POPS AND CLICKS ON VINYL RECORDS

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Snazzy Labs tries out 4 record cleaning machines-from $70 to $3,000. Which one does the best job?!
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@voldem0rt 4 года назад

So, you are 27? You look 42 my guy. I legit always thought you were an old man. But you are a decade younger than me and I am genuinely confused how you even have half of the subscriber count that you do. Mostly because you whined a whole hell of a lot in the past.

@snazzy 4 года назад

Thanks, douche bag.

@voldem0rt 4 года назад

@@snazzy No problem. Didn't think it would be that easy to get under your skin, but I should have realized with as much as you like to whine about shit that you would resort to name calling. On the plus side at least you gave me content for my next show on my real channel, which will be called "Biggest Self Entitled Babies of RU-vid." You are quickly working your way up the list.

@voldem0rt 4 года назад

@@snazzy BTW... You should pin the original comment of mine with your response. I think it will let your audience know how you interact with those who simply give a comment about your actions without name calling and how you like to resort to pathetic name calling yourself.

@snazzy 4 года назад

Pinned, douche bag.

@Camachosky 4 года назад

Oh no! This is the real Snazzy Labs? I can't believe it!! You've been tricking your subs into thinking you're way older than you are. *Keeps ranting for no reason at all*

@stephenbutler9432 4 года назад

I shave with a single blade straight razor, and one of my favorite hobbies is leather-crafting. The more "convenient" way to do things rarely feels the best, nor is it t he most satisfying. You keep loving your fringe hobbies, They are unique and make life much more interesting. I would much rather spend an hour talking to someone about their love of Vinyl records than of Spotify.

@snazzy 4 года назад

Love this. Might not make sense but that doesn’t make it not fun. I’m a DE pleb, BTW. Mad respect for straight razor skills.

@rodrigocastro9323 4 года назад

This makes a lot of sense. Fringe hobbies.

@HoldFastFilms 4 года назад

Haha what’s up brother from another mother. Straight razor shaver and leather worker here too.

@E.Frey2002 4 года назад

I don't think I have any specific fringe hobbies, than rather just unusual interests, but you're definitely right that I also do appreciate originality in other people.

@taxoffender 4 года назад

I shave with a rambo knife

@KelsomaticPDX 4 года назад

"I have four identical copies of Chet Baker Sings... Yes, this was expensive!" *makes no fuss over $3000 record cleaner*

@duke86fan 4 года назад

to be fair the records combined are a 15th of the price

@Safaid862 4 года назад

He also wears a rolex casually

@WarriorsPhoto 4 года назад

I thought that was what His fuss was about. Geez right?

@rodrigozamo 4 года назад

I think he meant the whole making of the video

@thirtyfiveframes5815 4 года назад

Makes no fuss about the $5000 chair in the background

@PieVsCake 4 года назад

Me: Don’t own a single record Also Me: Watched the whole video

@gordosimmins2727 4 года назад

I also watched the whole video despite not owning any records or using any colons.

@RexusKing 4 года назад

Yeah me too, cuz I love Quinn and I love watching people talk about the things they are passionate about!

@harrysims4225 4 года назад

I could watch anything Quinn Makes, his videos are so informative while also being relaxing. I love that it is never the same topic genre and he is always mixing it up.

@MisterMakerNL 4 года назад

TRue but watched to see what these idiots are up too.

@WhateverWhenever888 4 года назад

Same. I just watch for Quinn, love his videos

@jimez86 4 года назад

Me: *Listens to 128kbps mp3s* Snazzy: *Has a microscope to make sure his $3000 record cleaner isn’t damaging his records*

@xhivo97 4 года назад

To be fair, that microscope costs at most $600 and is a very versatile tool to have. But I see your point.

@soullessleftover8427 4 года назад

That is a disgusting format at least upgrade to 320kbps, there should be no reason to use such an awful format. I switched to FLAC and oh boy is it better, it's better than 320 on mp3.

@jonaslinter 4 года назад

@@soullessleftover8427 It obviously depends on the equipment you use. If you only have shitty headphones or speakers than high quality audio files are pointless

@soullessleftover8427 4 года назад

@@jonaslinter At this day and age, you can get a small DAC for like a few €. There is no excuse to use mp3.

@----------------------------- 4 года назад

@@soullessleftover8427 imagine buying DACs when the built in DAC on most modern day motherboards meets most audiophiles needs.

@ryan.m.weisgerber 4 года назад

This was so excellent. The control vs. end result and side-by-side comparisons of the different methods is fantastic. Thank you for putting this together!

@KubeSquared 4 года назад

I'm sold... on sticking with digital.

@JanTuts 4 года назад

Ah, then surely you'll be interested in our new product, the ".MP3 rewinder"!

@junb6598 4 года назад

I'm with you but on the subject of movies. I still buy Blu ray disc movies but usually only use the digital code that comes with it because I'm lazy to insert the real disc to the player!

@justjadethings9630 4 года назад

Digital Gang! (I'm also on the iPod Gang)

@theshadowman1398 4 года назад

the messiah man Seriously ? I consider those codes more annoying than putting the disc in the machine.

@somnia3423 4 года назад

yeah digital is better in everyway😂

@tunglamduong3000 4 года назад

"...Looks like a laserdisc" *Technology Connections has entered the chat*

@snazzy 4 года назад

Woooo!

@tunglamduong3000 4 года назад

@@snazzy I can see you guys having an awesome collaboration together! Your senses of humor and presentation style really compliments each other, along with the shared interest of niche antiquated techs.

@snazzy 4 года назад

If you are considering whether or not to watch this video, I'm just gonna say that if you do, you'll be glad you made it to 17:30.

@lakers4life71 4 года назад

Sorry but I didn’t make it past 6:43

@isaiah29797 4 года назад

Hey quinn have you ever though about using the join feature for your RU-vid?

@foxfire1112 4 года назад

Bro. I dont own a single Apple product or have ever owned a vinyl in my life... You bet your ass im watching it all

@arrakian 4 года назад

Got the Kirmuss Audio KA-RC1 for $899. Its just as good as this one ...prolly better.

@snazzy 4 года назад

David, thanks for sharing! Amazing story. I think Degritter is really targeted for people with a lifelong love of the format and those who own record stores or Discogs accounts that do sales. Su papá era genial!

@AlexTheHumanLP 4 года назад

0:33 I didn't even knew that Rocket League was ported to vinyl. Really fascinating

@Crusader1089 4 года назад

It's not a great port, all the characters just go in circles.

@tfernandes113 4 года назад

@@Crusader1089 At least they know how to rotate, unlike my solo queue teammates.

@maxpoetter 4 года назад

Thiago Fernandes 😂😂😂

@joshserna6366 4 года назад

Please make more record/turntable related videos.

@kekkodance 4 года назад

There is technomoan for that

@PsyDei 4 года назад

Yeh... I don't really like his vinyl record videos, idk what it is, but I pass. I should mention I am into this hobbie aswell. Absolutely love Techmoan tho.

@rollingtroll 4 года назад

@@kekkodance Techmoan doesn't know a lot about audio, he just HAS a lot of audio. He's very often wrong. Quinn is spot on without exception. Sometimes a bit incomplete, but never wrong.

@PsyDei 4 года назад

For audio quality and audiophile debunking, you have VWestlife

@shableep 4 года назад

Weirdly enough, I kind of like the soft pops and clicks. It's audible reminder of the physicality of the record. There's something comfortingly organic and grounding about the crackling sound. Digital sound is, on the other hand, perfectly sterile and ageless. The imperfections on a record give the sound a completely new character and tell a story about where the record has been. There's a sense of permanence to the vinyl record. It doesn't depend on a server farm and an internet connection to produce its sound. The sound is actually physically molded on a surface and present in the room, and mostly keeps its shape its entire life, for generations. While codecs and compression algorithms come and go over decades, the record stays the same. And as it sits on a shelf, time slowly etches itself into the grooves for the listener to hear the next time they put it on the turn table.

@IncrediPaulAZ Год назад

I love the permanence aspect too, and some elements of imperfection. It's for that reason that I also still use film cameras, develop my own film, and enlarge my own photos; I love that you're basically putting light on metal.

@ElZamo92 4 года назад

As an engineer, whenever I hear the word “cavitation” it makes me a bit anxious.

@lolwutjoe 4 года назад

control valves?

@mrvabbe2 4 года назад

@@lolwutjoe Cavitation can also occur in the blades of a pump if the system isn't well designed (normally a too low input pressure on the pump). Those microbubbles exploding basically "eat" the steel of the blades, there are some pretty explanatory images on Google. It is also bad for submarines since if the propeller start to cavitate, it becomes noisier and thus make the submarine easier to spot. And it also create other bad things that I don't have in mind right now.

@The_Curious_Cat 4 года назад

To me it reminds me of nuclear attack submarine captains freaking out because the Russians will listen.

@brien1254 4 года назад

As a diesel technician it makes me anxious too

@samuellord8576 3 года назад

@@mrvabbe2 The cavitation caused by ultrasonic cleaners is orders of magnitude less energetic than that caused by moving blades in water. Seriously, it's not worth sweating about.

@andresubri 4 года назад

I'd genuinely pay a subscription to have more content like this, just tired of watching CPUs and phone reviews

@jarydmeek 4 года назад

Milo: The Dog If you haven’t yet, check out the channel “Techmoan” He has a lot of similar content to this

@kael13 4 года назад

Ew yeah, CPU and phone reviews are sooo boring.

@andresubri 4 года назад

@@jarydmeek Thanks for the recommendation, "Technology Connections" is another one too

@BrunoPorro1618 4 года назад

8bit guy also have some content related

@denniseldridge2936 4 года назад

I personally like several things about the vinyl experience. The first is the fact that, when you go to all the trouble to clean them, tweak the playback hardware, and go through the ritual of cuing up the record, etc., you feel like you're really **earned** the listening experience. Then there's the media itself. The sense of ownership of the music in your hand is irreplaceable, unlike any other media. In fact, if you look closely, you can actually see the very waves of sound imprinted in the grooves. Kind of mind blowing.

@dannywinget 4 года назад

Is it bad if I kind of like the dirty vinyl sound??

@kenshiromilesvt.7037 4 года назад

No. I love it too

@andrewcool4587 4 года назад

Yes your evil.

@Antares-dw9iv 4 года назад

Honestly for me the pops and clicks and the overall different sound are the main appeal of vinyl or analog audio in general. If I want perfect audio I'll just get some high quality flacs, a good dac and a good solid state amp.

@milkyproduxions 3 года назад

IT'S CALLED L O F I

@paulcuthbert 3 года назад

Absolutely not. I love it.

@JR-mk6ow 4 года назад

I bought my dad a turntable 8 years ago. He was so happy cause he could listen to his records again. I could piss in the living room that he wouldn't care

@JanTuts 4 года назад

You bought your dad a record player, so that you could piss in the living room without objection? You sure are a bold one! :P

@OhSoTiredMan 4 года назад

Lol he would be pissed

@MohakB 4 года назад

@@OhSoTiredMan ha

@nyelbaig 4 года назад

Wot

@gerald8573 4 года назад

wat

@GrantGuarino 4 года назад

I don't usually comment, but honestly this video was really informative! I'm definitely interested in seeing some more audiophile related content from you in the future

@CheapBastard1988 4 года назад

I think it's funny that young people like records while my 72 year old mother is glad there are digital formats now without all the imperfections and inconveniences.

@EssenceofPureFlavor 4 года назад

Yep. People are attracted to what they don't know. The grass is always greener on the other side. That said, vinyl is often in practice superior due to better mastering, even though theoretically CDs and hi res digital are capable of better sound across the board.

@toonman361 4 года назад

@@EssenceofPureFlavor As someone who grew up with all the inconveniences of vinyl, special cartridges, speed controls, cleaning handling etc, I can tell you that your analysis is completely erroneous. When CDs came out, and became affordable, I barely touched my records again. Within a few years, I completely abandoned them because the CD was *so much easier to use.* I fully understand the CD technology and enough about digital files to say I can make an informed decision. As you age, the "purity" of sound (as your name indicates) is automatically muffled because of hearing loss. The highs go first and the rest follows over time. In my opinion, your analysis is based on logic and not actual life experience.

@EssenceofPureFlavor 4 года назад

@@toonman361 I know there are delusional vinyl purists. Thank you for confirming that.

@CheapBastard1988 4 года назад

Vinyl can be better than compressed audio like MP3 (cassette tapes can even do that) but the original CD format where only 74 minutes would fit on a 650mb CD is very high resolution audio. Especially if it wasn't recorded and/or stored analog the idea that vinyl is superior to digital is just laughable. It only introduces more room for error and imperfections when you manufacture something analog. Though if the original recording was recorded analog, archived analog and was directly transferred to vinyl with very narrow tolerances, analog theoretically can achieve a higher perfection of reproduction because digital can never be fully analog. However the possible introduction of production faults and the very high resolution of (some) digital formats makes it still unlikely for vinyl to sound any better to the human ear.

@RobotPorter 4 года назад

I grew up in the vinyl era as well. And I appreciate all the positives of vinyl. But I've already had that experience. And this video highlights one of the key negatives. So, although I have a rather large vinyl collection, I don't even currently have a turntable. I look at the shelf of vinyl across the room, and then find the same music a streaming service. Even much of the really obscure stuff. I will probably get a turntable again. But it's not at the top of my list.

@project66 4 года назад

I feel like we should expect a bearded Quinn soon...

@project66 4 года назад

Wut? Spill

@citrus9080 4 года назад

@@project66 i think he has beard on older videos

@gangalo68 4 года назад

This Channel truly is a mirror of my interests. Amazing.

@GrandpaJeffrey 4 года назад

I very much prefer the greater dynamic range, the quietness, and the noise free playback of the digital format. If anyone have complaints about the mix of digital, thats is something to talk to the artist about. Any digital music properly recorded and mixed can be made to sound as flattering (or more so) than vinyl.

@dibbi3237 Год назад

Theres something so endearing about the rituals of older forms of media, I don't know why but it feels charming. Its like a treat to break away from computers and screens. I sound like an old man but I don't know any other way to put it.

@vinyl_guy.. 3 года назад

I love vinyl, just got started on collecting and got my first 45’s a couple days ago and got my first 33 today

@connordarcy712 4 года назад

I love having physical copies of album's, that was more than enough reason for when I started collecting 2 years ago.

@toonman361 4 года назад

Do you know that the term *album* is a carryover from about 1912? Records of the time could play no more than 4 minutes of music per side (one sided only) and needed multiple discs to complete a long passage. The records came in an *album.*

@connordarcy712 4 года назад

@@toonman361 I did.

@protato911 4 года назад

would love to see you do more Audio product review, I found your personality very fitting for the Audiophile community, sane enough to know that you are insane but also insane enough to do insane things.

@snazzy 4 года назад

Hahaha true! Very true.

@br0ly874 4 года назад

Would love to see a video of you trying the wood glue method for cleaning records!

@ohnoohno3987 4 года назад

I will watch any video of yours whether I’m interested in the topic or not. I just love the way you explain things

@snazzy 4 года назад

Thanks so much!!

@toonman361 4 года назад

I have started buying Edison Cylinder records. My Phonograph is from 1906. The scratchiness is the sound patina.

@soberhippie 4 года назад

9:30 It lubes the groove, man. The clue is in the name

@harrysims4225 4 года назад

I could watch anything you Make Quinn. Your videos are so informative while also being relaxing. I love that it is never the same topic genre and you are always mixing it up. Top content, thanks.

@T1C 4 года назад

Finally, I can use my good vinyls as snack plates!

@Bsomers2 3 года назад

Love my collection...Been collecting for 35 years...Cleaning is a must...Great video dude...

@wastingtime9152 4 года назад

I used and still use a $20 Discwasher D4 brush for the past 45 years.

@TheAgeOfAnalog 4 года назад

Yep, works great if you start with a new, clean record.

@elijahdoughly1678 4 года назад

I use the same thing to clean my records too I have the original one from the seventies

@brunixot1 4 года назад

it hits different, i skip songs when i listening music with my phone. I love that i get to experience the whole album

@ShadyHooligan 4 года назад

Even though if never even thought about records, my heart still sunk when you ruined those records.

@ChickenOfMajesty 4 года назад

Love ya Snazzy Labs. It’s fun to see the grueling process that is using vinyls for hifi even though I’ll definitely be sticking with my digital flacs and wavs for life.

@pspspspspspspspspspspspspspsps 4 года назад

Being an audiophile requires being rich. Good thing there's spotify and budget fi iems lol. Though I know that spotify only maxes out at 320kbps.

@rollingtroll 4 года назад

Yet it still sounds better than Tidal in most cases, give it a comparison. Being an audiophile apparently often also means not actually listening :). There's great budget audiophile options these days though, just don't follow the herd, not even on budget audio. Ortofon, Project? Don't even go there. Marantz? Absolutely not. But also on the other side of the spectrum, McIntosh? B&W? Oh please. If you want to have a lot of fun with audio these days, keep an eye on small bookshelf speakers, there's a few absolute gems way under 1000 euros brand new. Also Schiit Audio is conquering the market. The shit they do is amazing.

@Krankynator 4 года назад

Some of the very best signal chains that anyone could possibly create with current technology (Topping DX7 Pro, D90, A90, Monolith 887, Monolith Desktop) are barely a thousand bucks in total.

@voidofspaceandtime4684 4 года назад

good luck not owning any of your media

@Light-DelaBlue 4 года назад

you dont need ne idiot hu i mean auduiphile for enjoy 33rpm and 45rmp a good audiotechnica lp60 or if you want little better a AT-LP3 are very nice. after find a old amp at goodwill with some speaker and you can get a prety decent setup for not that much. or why not find old high brand vinyl player but with like broken belt and repair it.

@4444genral 4 года назад

This is a rich guy that likes to flaunt his money. He owns outright equipment that costs more than a car. You seriously believe a $3000 turntable is a good investment? in what? depreciation? There's a boatload of turntables that don't cost nearly as much and will certainly last two lifetimes.

@elgeorge437 4 года назад

I love the old sound of vinyl, it's really great.

@Ankirum 4 года назад

That's why I prefer the CD. You've got both high fidelity audio and conveniance.

@lievenvv 4 года назад

and _actual_ high dynamic range ;)

@Taevas___ 2 года назад

@@lievenvv Problem is that on almost every CD, the dynamics get crushed. They have this great technology but decide to utilise it the wrong way. Vinyl's are usually mastered to have greater dynamic range.

@theobretin1422 4 года назад

I might sound silly, but I think the cracks, pops and small noises make the sound just better, it's what make me love vinyl

@corsinivideos 4 года назад

'i got into collecting record when i was 17, almost a decade ago' - No offence meant but genuinely thought this guy was like 40 lool

@snazzy 4 года назад

I’m flattered.

@mik3lang3lo 4 года назад

Wtf lol

@xivix6710 4 года назад

He had a thumbnail that depicted him as an old man, so that might have effect his image 😂

@JanTuts 4 года назад

I'm having a small existential crisis over the fact that he is younger than me...

@kathrynradonich3982 4 года назад

Yea I thought he was older than me but apparently not 😂

@dkressjr2781 4 года назад

Thank you so much for making a video on this!! I’ve been really curious about this product for a while!

@adamled99 4 года назад

Collecting physical media isn't really about quality, price or convenience. It's about nostalgia

@voidofspaceandtime4684 4 года назад

*it's about actually owning anything

@HPerrin 4 года назад

I’m not nostalgic for records, since I grew up on CDs, but I like the sound of them and collecting them.

@utub1473 4 года назад

Obviously it isn't about price... who likes to spend money? Convenience definitely not. But saying it isn't about quality? Don't get me wrong CD quality digital files are no doubt going to be more DETAILED than a clean record played on a quality system, but the real life sound of records cannot be matched. It's flaw creates a distortion that makes everything sound real, and in the process of that distortion you lose a *little* bit of detail. I'm talking the tiniest bit of detail. You also gain that warmth you get from vinyl's flaw and some hate it some love it. I personally love it. If you don't, no shame in that.

@MattGrayart 4 года назад

Thank you for your content, i have started into purchasing audio equipment again, and the amount of videos I have watched of yours, is testament of the great work and effort you put into each video. Thank you!

@TruthAndMoreTruth 4 года назад

_"People who own record collections are idiots..."_ I was there when the CD was introduced. At the time vinyl and compact cassette were the dominant formats. Every home had at least one turntable. When people heard the CD, it was like a miracle. Near zero noise, incredible dynamic range, beyond human hearing frequency response. It only took a few years for most record stores to ditch vinyl completely and enjoy year over year sales increases for 12 straight years. I remember seeing crates a plenty of vinyl at every thrift store I walked into, they were almost giving it away. Now, vinyl is a life style, fashion accessory. A CD player from a thrift store still sounds better. The good news, is that used CDs are almost free. If we could only stop the loudness wars that have ruined almost all music released in the last decade.

@JulianchoMaiden 4 года назад

I completely agree with you. In my country all record plants machines were sold and stopped making records in the middle of the 90s because of the CD format and all its advantages. Unfortunately, the loudness wars have ruined the format, so I had to start buying records just because of the dynamic range. I hope one day there will be a law for record companies and studios to respect the dynamic range in music and of course, our ears. A CD with full dynamic range sounds a lot better than a record made nowadays.

@archelonprime 4 года назад

I watched this video all the way through and liked it... because, in part, it reaffirms why I don't have a LP vinyl collection.

@NicosPhotographyShow 4 года назад

Been wanting a record player for a while, this didnt help me want it less. Great job!

@snazzy 4 года назад

Do it. They’re fun!

@NicosPhotographyShow 4 года назад

@@snazzy need to sell some film cameras, cant collect it all. 😎

@mauricefranco775 3 года назад

Great addition to your 2015 video about the 7 steps to keep vinyl rocking.

@MikinessAnalog 4 года назад

I can tell you one love, even if subconsciously, many have with vinyl. The waveform we hear in our ears is ACTUALLY represented physically right there on the surface. It is the ONLY medium humans have to playback recorded audio without electricity if needed. That is how it all started. If everything hits the fan, we still have these to jam to, which is one of the reasons I built my own record recorder (lathe), and yes it does record in true stereo (left & right) @ 90* to each channel and 45* to the plane. Love your video and your love of analog.

@steamerbv Год назад

I grew up in an era when records were important and even a social activity. You might call a friend and ask "what you doin?". "Listening to records, wanna come over?" "Sure!". And from that point it was the process of discussing who was the better artist, which song to play next, you handled records and shared the work with your friend and you could make an afternoon of it. It wasn't an ambient, background streaming thing that you read would acclimate to in 10 minutes. It was a part of a social life. I recently rediscovered this when my friend bought an old Victrola. Of course I had to get one, too. I am loving this hobby!

@CarkerVT 4 года назад

I collect cassette’s. I hope you’ll make a video about those at some point

@1Adventures2 4 года назад

Thanks for your dedication and hard work and clarifying through an excellent demonstration with these 4 different methods & how they panned out under your test conditions.

@galahadthreepwood9394 4 года назад

As a 60 yo , who grew up with records, I’m so happy to be free of this expense and inconvenience. Hurray for digital, superior in every way.

@koettfaers 4 года назад

People disagree with you. I do

@galahadthreepwood9394 4 года назад

koettfaers fair enough

@edjackson4389 4 года назад

I like the guys who download high quality vinyl tracks to youtube. They do all the cleaning and I get to listen to the vinyl beauty. The vinyl sound really comes thru on RU-vid Music

@johnmcgraw4789 4 года назад

All I really need is a good set of speakers for my little setup

@werner134897 4 года назад

He has LxMini's designed by siegfried linkwitz. The way to go for true reproduction.

@yesn95 4 года назад

Go to a thrift shop, seriously I mean it. I had an amazing set of speakers for basically nothing. Speakers rarely break so buying second hand is pretty safe

@neoasura 4 года назад

@@yesn95 Yes this, classic vinyl sounds the best on classic speakers. It's the flaws that make it appealing.

@terryrodbourn2793 4 года назад

I have a friend whom has a record collection (he is a Jazz Guy) and would love this product!

@andre5erna 4 года назад

me watching this with no intention to get a record machine or records ever: yup

@musgrovebarry 4 года назад

Record player not machine that gives away your age

@AmazingJayB51 4 года назад

Barry Musgrove right! 🤦🏽‍♂️

@MrDox90 4 года назад

I've seen a guy clean records with PVA glue. The cheap wood glue. Just spread a thin coat all over the entire surface, it will get into the grooves, then when it hardens just peel it off in one piece like a sticker. Absolutely clean record for only a few cents.

@jaydendale1698 4 года назад

i know the goal is high fidelity, but there's always something so warm and inviting about a crackly, warped, record from a second hand store

@neoasura 4 года назад

For real, I feel like if you want a clean and perfect sound, just download the mp3 or FLAC. I thought the purpose of a Record Player was FOR those imperfections.

@shaun1243 4 года назад

neoasura I couldn't agree more. The crackling and popping is one of my favourite things about records.

@timv6715 4 года назад

@Bobby Brady Agree, but having lived with vinyl for decades, I've learned to hear past the imperfections and focus on the musical qualities that are unique to analog playback.

@jamesferris4573 3 года назад

I just viewed this video and have some comments of my own. I am in my late 60's and started collecting vinyl in the early 60's. I used to clean my albums with my own solution made of dish detergent, distilled water and Jet Dri. I scrubbed the albums with a brush going clockwise and rinsed with distilled water. My daughter bought me a Spin Clean record cleaner a few years ago from a store that sold damaged goods. The cleaner usually cost around $175.00 but had a very slight crack in a place that wasn't important and she paid $5.00. This system far surpasses the cheap cleaner you show and I have had first class results with the Spin Clean system. I reject your notion that the brushes on either of the two systems that use them caused the scratches. The treatment you gave the albums with the potato chips and especially the trash out of the vacuum cleaner would be my first suspect. There was no telling what had been picked up in that vacuum debris. All I learned was that you are a wealthy, preppy boy who throws money away on the most expensive (which is not always the best) and have missed the whole point in collecting vinyl.

@lucasn0tch 4 года назад

My favorite cleaning solution for records with emotional songs are my tears. I literally cried on side 2 of the album 17 by Chicago while listening to You're the Inspiration. I am such an asshole who has accomplished nothing in life.

@uberunknown 3 года назад

Lol so awesome in every way😍

@WhateverWhenever888 4 года назад

No matter what you make a video on, I am always watching and your videos are so relaxing.

@snazzy 4 года назад

Thanks so much!

@WhateverWhenever888 4 года назад

@@snazzy You're more than welcome Quinn, thank you for your great content and as always, Stay Snazzy :D

@WhateverWhenever888 4 года назад

@@snazzy I remember forever ago when I had my iPod touch I would look for apps and I found a couple of your videos, you have come so far with your channel man.

@Johanniscool 4 года назад

I clean the grooves of my records with the stylus, each time they play.

@utub1473 4 года назад

But do you clean your stylus?

@mikkelbreiler8916 3 года назад

And then you turn the amp on and play it again... :)

@LaserSharkPhotoablations 3 года назад

i put mine on an old deck(hand turned) I use a paint edger with the thick velvet on them to clean with a sprayer of water, 2% alc and a couple of drops of detergent. a good scrub and then vac themdry with my homemade vinyl vac attatchement. this is the most practical and cheap way i can find , and i can clean both sides and dry ready to play in about 3 mins.

@timv6715 4 года назад

Having 40 years of high end audiophile experience, I love this guy's enthusiasm and the nice comparison he gives. But his conclusions should not be taken as fact based on just this one series of tests. It's best to survey the views of many sources and then let your own experience be the deciding factor. In this review, the vacuum system was not given a really fair chance. Many of us still regard it as the best system if it is used correctly. The ticks heard on the vacuum cleaned disc may be the result of static, not scratches from the brush. When using a vacuum, it's easy to generate static. More than one rotation in a dry room can cause it to form on a disc. The jury is still out on the ultrasonic systems and the potential damage that they can cause. A lot of folks now believe that a combination of a shorter ultrasonic cleaning followed up by high quality vacuum gives the best results.

@haroldm4600 3 года назад

Agreed. There are varying techniques and types of cleaning solutions used with vacuum based record cleaning systems that result in a wide range of effectiveness. I would not have expected good results from the technique and solution shown in this video. I use an Okki Nokki machine with L’Art du Son cleaning fluid, applied liberally to the entire record surface with a goat hair brush and allowed to remain on the surface for 1-2 minutes before vacuuming - for not more than 2 rotations. This has produced excellent results.

@fredzep01 2 года назад

that machine was garbage, and the cleaning fluid was leaving a streaky mist on the vinyl. i use a project vc-s which i paid £130 for, and L’Art du Son for cleaning fluid it is painless and perfect to use.

@sirdon1232 Год назад

How to remove static? I live in a very dry area and records build up immense static just by playing on the TT. Definitely producing pops and crackles.

@rpg896 3 года назад

One of the best and more convincing videos on the subject. Thanks.

@seaweeded 4 года назад

I watch these to remind myself to appreciate how far technology has come to save me from all these nonsense.

@Remsster 4 года назад

Song at 16:37 is Follow - SKALE - E - TRON for anyone wondering

@darkmatter7274 4 года назад

Does the $3000 machine do Singles? And I thought you went overboard on the dirtying part. To me it looked like you scratched them with the chips.

@darkmatter7274 4 года назад

Looked at the online manual. Yes it does do singles with an adaptor.

@bimmer100timc 3 года назад

Thanks for doing this video. It’s helped me show friends how these machines work. I have had degritter, vpi, and audio desk... now have Kirmuss and it’s by far the best!!!!

@XxXStoneFingerXxX 4 года назад

On first glance i thought you're gonna review an oversized toaster

@RadJordy 4 года назад

I didn't know you were into records. Mad respect. This reminds me that I should work on my record collection some more.

@_NaLo_ 4 года назад

1:40 digital has the potential to have a much greater dynamic range than vinyl can, but due to the loudness war digital files often have a much lower dynamic range than they should.

@pikkon899 2 года назад

The loudness war is the result of engineers and mastering. The format has nothing to do with that. Loud music exists because engineers master music loudly. Not every digital track is loud. If people actually purchased first pressings of music recorded in the 80's on CD, they'll know that the music is much quieter and softer than the stuff that came out in the late 90's or the remastered counterparts done in the 2000's. Analog deteriorates over time, digital does not. CD's made in the 80's are the best examples of how well digital sounds over the vinyl counterpart. Those CD's don't even come close to being as loud as today's recordings.

@SamarSunkaria 4 года назад

Just wanted to say that you videos usually have some high production quality, but this one exceeds it!

@ibonitog 4 года назад

Floatplane? :o are you currently joining? I'd love to support you there!

@nielderfp 4 года назад

There's nothing better than listening to vinyl with all the crackles, pops and scratches. Spending 5 minutes to shoot it with an anti-static gun and carefully putting a picoliter of cleaning fluid on the cleaning arm, checking all the counter-balancing pickup arm weights for perfection (not too much weight pressing down on the grooves but not too light either or the pickup arm will skate across the disk further scratching it) and finally sealing the doors on your dust proof positive air pressure listening room.

@dernuntius679 4 года назад

I have like 350 records and clean them in a sink with soap. It works pretty good and it's cheap. There videos out there how to do it :)

@jamesgates1074 4 года назад

I really like the expense and inconvenience of these techniques

@CJT3X 4 года назад

What microscope setup do you use? I’ve been looking for a decent digital high res setup for a different project

@bobacks 4 года назад

Had this Deep Groove thing back in the 80s and 90s. Worked really well.

@DUCKDUDE4100 4 года назад

If you wanna see how "gentle" cavitation is, chuck a piece of tinfoil in an ultrasonic cleaner and you might rethink putting your vinyl in it ever again. It's the principle by which depth charges work, the reason submarines have to be slow as hell to be stealthy and the reason early steam ship propellers got ripped apart by their own speed. It's loud, it's violent and it's potentially devastating.

@Dktk42 3 года назад

First time watching your channel. Awesome subject matter and I see a diverse amount of content. I'm a fan now. Subbed

@BornAgainFarmGirl 4 года назад

I would use an old t-shirt to clean my records 🤷🏻‍♀️ ...

@jakebermel6193 4 года назад

One thing to keep in mind is that vacuum-based cleaners do better when you prime the record surface with distilled water and a quick vacuum, THEN apply the cleaning solution, vacuum off, and rinse/vacuum again. No scratches and cleaner than just vacuuming once.

@michaelsanchez 4 года назад

Is it just me or don’t the pops and crackles sound satisfying?

@Noxer77 4 года назад

the dust and the crackle dose not give any charm is that what your saying and that is not what people like? thats really the first thing i thought when looking at this video

@tcpnetworks 4 года назад

So by the same measure having your nuts squeezed must be equivalently satisfying? LP records were a Compact Discs greatest advert.

@k0lzee174 4 года назад

I think it's more that people enjoy watching your videos regardless of content because they're your videos that you get so many views on niche subjects! I, for one, have no intention of ever owning a single vinyl record, but here I am watching this video! Cheers!

@snazzy 4 года назад

Thanks!

@stigc56 4 года назад

“Good dynamic range”? It’s not how I remember the “good old days” in the recording studio, where we always struggled with the very limited dynamic range, with should target. So no, digital audio is far superior in this field.

@eug3nius 4 года назад

Digital has better dynamic range capability but modern music has almost no dynamic range by choice. Duckduckgo "loudness war".

@UtkarshAmitabhSrivastava 4 года назад

@@eug3nius I hate this loudness war thing. Just give me my dynamic range.

@smartroadbiker 4 года назад

If only record labels would actually use the dynamic range. When I am round friends and they have modern pop music on the one thing I notice is that when the song finishes it is like there is pressure off of my ears, it's as if they can finally relax. Mostly why I have stopped listening to modern(ish) pop music and stick with my movie and game soundtracks (on vinyl of course hehe)

@eug3nius 4 года назад

Utkarsh Amitabh Srivastava The fact remains that vinyl had its resurgence because it is the only physical format worth owning. And not just because some vinyl masters are better.

@NicolaiSyvertsen 4 года назад

Good Dynamic range also requires engaging music to make use of it. That is why a lot of modern music compress the dynamic range as much as possible to fake the engagement. Making things more loud = more engaging. And it is not just about loudness but what style of music you have. Music with lots of heavy beats throughout the entire song and there is little room for other stuff. Classical pieces and Jazz often have quiet sections and longer builds ups. This is where having wide dynamic range is good. For Dance music? Not so much.

@MouseCIick 4 года назад

I like the pop and cracks. It is aesthetic to the device. People who still use Walkman cassette, CD player, iPod classic, MP3 players all has their own aesthetic.

@mfeif 4 года назад

Good stuff! Thanks for the video. I recently got into vinyl, and have been perusing the $1 bins too. Cleaning definitely helps a lot. The "Spin Clean" which is indeed near the same price point as the Vinyl Style has very different brushes than VS, so it might be worth testing too. They're more like fake velvet scrubby pads than brushes... I should think that this might work better, or at least differently. It's also made in the USA, by a family-owned business, which is nice these days. P.S. I'm also an LX-mini household, so fun to see that in your shot. FWIW, I had GREAT results with USB isolator (from HiFimeDIY) while hooking the miniDSP up to my raspberry pi. Might be a video in there somewhere for you ;-)

@DerbyMods 4 года назад

HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS? I'm excited to watch the video.

@christians.8748 4 года назад

You totally forgot the method "cleaning records with woodglue" I hoped you will test it also :)

@TheAgeOfAnalog 4 года назад

It works pretty well, but you can only do one side at a time and it takes overnight to dry, and if you do more than one, you have records laying all over the place.

@LaserSharkPhotoablations 3 года назад

iv tried glue... its pretty ord.. also the surface tension of glue causes the same problem described, it simply cant get down in there well enough. It also is very hard to get it off in one without leaving ANY bits behind. slow messy and not that good. get a vinyl vac attatchment for your vax or better yet make one. wet clean and vac dry in 3 mins.

@Balthazar744 4 года назад

I really enjoyed this video. I remember the joy that I experienced when i got my first CD and didn’t need to “clean” my records. Handling vinyl really killed my enjoyment. Watching Quinn put his hand carefully into the plastic sleeve and take the record out by only holding the edge of the vinyl and the label in the middle brought back a flood of frustrating memories. Keep up the good work. Enjoy your record collection and Ill enjoy streaming. Cheers mate.

@erebostd 4 года назад

The audiophile version of camera lense cleaning voodoo, it seems...

@Albee213 3 года назад

I purchased an Ultrasonic cleaner setup for $300 on Amazon and it cleans 7 LPs at a time. I use distilled water and some rubbing alcohol. I have also added BCR cleaning solution that is used for cleaning jewelry in ultrasonic cavitation devices. I have used the the Vinyl Style Groove thing and its better than nothing, but still event after a good cleaning you can still see that records are dirty in the grooves and looking in the light can still have a brownish tint from years of dirt. One run through the Ultrasonic cleaner and the LPs look brands new. It gets them as clean as they will ever get. It does not work miracles but gets close to it. I have had dollar bin LPs from thrift stores that were filthy. Cleaned them and they looked and played like new. Best investment I ever made for LPs. Only draw backs are the machines can be noisy and if you air dry (best way) it can take 1 or 2 hours before dry enough to stick in sleeves.

@dennisgreen1837 4 года назад

Vinyl has LESS dynamic range when recorded from the same master. We checked with Telarc to be sure the vinyl and Cd were recorded without any processing other than RIAA EQ, and the vinyl compressed the louder passages by a little less than 2 dB. This likely is due to the plastic deformation of vinyl with the increasing force of the stylus at higher modulation. Most vinyl sounds better due to production choices, not the medium. Audio is dominated by mythology, snake oil and placebos, but according to golden ear listeners, any test that doesn't confirm their beliefs is by definition defective.

@dougsteel7414 3 года назад

Vinyl actually has much lower dynamic range than hi res digital audio. It's partly necessitated by the mechanics, it's heavily compressed (also historically for radio), old stuff uses nice valve compressors which gives a good flavour

@Daniel115XD 4 года назад

I love how a $3,000 thing has one of those cheap AliExpress power supplies.

@ChineseBanaan 4 года назад

Thats a standard industry format power supply, this one is probably high quality. There is no logic in calling it 'AliExpress power supplies', you would have to say that for every normal commodity item sold on that site. They are popular because enclosed power supplies (in the same format as a laptop charger) are more expensive to make. The open ones also have better thermal performance obviously. Take some time to google next time please.

@yannickmichel2566 4 года назад

The eames lounge chair is simply the best of its kind! Happy to see you not only know about computer sand Hi-Fi... ;) very nice choice! I can’t wait for u to see how he looks like in 30 years ;). Cheers!