www.upscaleaudio.com/products... The Upscale Audio Edition of this record-restoration machine cleans three LPs and one 45 at once. Don't listen to dirt and chemical residue any more!
Hello Kevin My wife suprised me with special edition Kirmus and wowwwwww is all I can say. My first test was Mudy Waters 45 rpm record that was noisy , I used the dishwasher before and always made my records noisier. She also bought me the ortofon 2m black for Christmas. Thank you what a machine.
I love my Kirmuss cleaner. It is essentially a jewelry cleaner with device to spin records through the cleaning pan--but it is incredibly good. There are other machines similar, but I like the options this one has--and you don't need any additional hoops or devices to put records in before putting in the machine. The Kirmuss I have allows cleaning one 7", one 10" and two 12" discs simultaneously--though usually just cleaning one or two LPs.
We add a passive resonance created by the downward air pressure of the record assembly cover that evens out the effects of violent cavitation, so this is another invisible but important attribute of the Kirmuss machine.
Good lookin pup Uncle Kevvy. I feel your pain, I have a 95lbs Black Lab that thinks he’s a lap dog. Hahaha. Kirmuss is on the to get list. 👍🏼 Have a good one. Jim
I called your place with a question about your VPI turntable deals, as I was in the market to buy. I was told my call would be returned. That was days ago. No call back. I bought a turntable somewhere else yesterday.
The only way I will be convinced is by before / after demo. Talk is just talk. I want to believe this works. I also am extremely leery about how much the surfactant costs. Is that why the machine is so inexpensive? I read horror stories of people cleaning and cleaning and cleaning and using up the surfactant on just a few records.
I wish I lived in the US. I would love to get one sent to Australia that does *three* at a time and not cost an inflated price they will ask for down here (Australia) and it can only do two.
We process 4 records simultaneously between 19 and 20 minutes on average. 3 lp's at a time. Once processed, te record no longer has to undergo this process. As records are handled and where fresh fingerprints and skin oils will eventually end up once more on the record, a simple 2 minute cycle is needed in the future as deemed necessary by the user. Proof of restoration, per the Tribelectric table of charges, pvc should repell water. That is why we need no air or vacuum drying of the record as te pvc has been exposed. Just a few remaining water droplets to remove using the opticians microfiber cloth supplied with the system.
@@sharpdressedvan Kirmuss himself has changed the routine himself. Also, no one knows the effect it has on records. I’ve asked people way more educated than most on here.
I have shied away from Kirmuss because of the their very loose interpretation of "restoration". I have colleagues who are involved with fine art restoration. Trust me: ultrasonic cleaners: clean. They do not restore.
The other machines cannot restore as I term it as per the Tribelectric table of charges, pvc repells water. Our spray applied to the record charges the charge of the record to be opposite to that of water thus we attract the effects of cavitation removing first films left over from prior cleaning processes, then the release agent, ten pulling out dust etc from deep into the grooves. We warranty a 1 3 dB gain over floor on new records, upwards of 3 to 4 on records of provenance unknown. Record surface cleaning and shining is not record groove restoration. Our goal, to see the needle touch the detail as pressed by the stamper, less interference of the record's release agent. Pressing Oil discovered and termed by the Shure Brothers in circa 1977.
Look at these videos! 1. Restoration of a Frank Sinatra Record. Mexico City Nov 2023 KirmussAudio event. Before restoration: Lots of noise. Crackles abound. Sound Muddled. The record was processed before in a 120 KHz ultrasonic. Processed 5 times. Before in a vacuum based cleaning system, so I was told. Video Before Kirmuss Processing: ru-vid.com/show-UCq6s2TT2s7SgZu_7F1D37SQ Video After Kirmuss Restoration: Increase in signal and frequency response, pops gone. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_RZ50MIPtVA.html 2. From our record restoration event in Mexico City in front of Billboard Magazine and with an invitation only meeting of Discos two weeks ago held at the Margules factory, very nice of him, a record that was brought in that was processed prior with a vacuum cleaning system saw these results: Before Kirmuss; ru-vid.com-L2gIqQ3nok After Kirmuss: ru-vid.com_6_fhGWMBjM @@jerryandlisa27
I bought the Kirmuss sonic cleaner . It is shit. I used the sonic tank made by Isonic. I bought the 10 and 5 record clamps . I clean 10 records at a time. Proof is the water is totally dirt and oil. Figure it out. I only was looking for a sonic clearer and Isonic proved they are the best. You hate me because I go again your ideas on Kirmuss. He used The Isonic tank . So, you think this lunch pal guy will never be invited into your wealthy store. You are right .Praise Isonic
70 khz resonance to even out resonance. If you review the Kirmuss presentation at the NJ Audio Society 's Zoom Feb 2022 you will see where the iSonic distributed in the US by a dental cleaning equipment manufacturer sees the skewered aluminum foil test records inserted in this machine not see any even and gentle cavitation throughout the entire surface of the record. In fact the inner records see little cavitation. A cavitation meter also proves where record spacing and what we call loading of an ultrasonic affects the results of cavitation. The Upscake 3 LP, one 45 carriage allows for ecen cavitation. To your remark, records and water with or without a soap added to the water repel each other. Irrespective of resonance added, both Kirmuss and isonic or any ultrasonic for that matter cannot clean effectively let alone remove the release agent that surfaces at the time of pressing where factory created pops reside. Only can one by applying an ionizing spray to the surface of the record see the effects of cavitation be attracted to the record. That is what the Upscale unit offers end users see the processing of 3 LP's and one 45 at a time. Law of 3 to 27 loading factor. Putting a record in any sonic machine does little without ionization. . As to truth in advertised as discussed in Stereophile Analog Corner in the August 2022 issue , truth in advertising was reviewed. In fact as a result, tests using a cavitation meter and using aluminum foil test records sees no cavitation generated as advertised by one German 40 KHz machine, one Baltic States 120 KHz machine, and a 40 KHz Hong Kong sold machine. To validation of restoration, The ionizing spray supplied with the Upscale restoration machine indeed needs to be applied over several cycles as the induced charge on the record washes off as the record spins in the machine. First cycles removing films left over from prior processes used, then finally the release agent or pressing oil that the Shure Brothers discovered in the 70's, long forgotten. An advantage in doing this cycling also allows the user to see when the record has been restored as a white material is seen coming out between applications and finally disappears. This represents what the sonic softened in the prior cycle. A restored record comes out virtually dry as both the pvc of the record and water repell each other. Sorry to be wordy, I wanted to comment on how the Upscale machine processes records and where one benefits from between 1.3 and 4 dB gain over floor depending on the provenance of the record. I have not noted any other supplier provide any measurements to their processes effectiveness in bringing pressed music to life.
