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In Reply to: RE: Giotto's Rocket Air Blaster posted by sleeper on February 19, 2025 at 19:32:06
that's the one I want. I'm going shopping.
went looking online over at B and H, a big aggressive discount camera retailer out of new York , figuring they would have it, they didn't .
wound up getting a vastly overpriced record brush from Ortofon that is supposed to be stylish, but didn't look like much in the picture, only because I just bought an ortofon cartridge.
Some ability to ground the carbon fiber bristles was vaguely mentioned, but it looks all plastic. I am hoping for some kind of slick danish modern deal.
however it plays out, I figure I'm still way ahead of a five hundred dollar record brush I saw "reviewed" that is also sold on style.
I am proud to be a peaceful man. but sometimes, just sometimes, a thought occurs to me that anyone paying five hundred dollars for a record brush needs to be bitchslapped all the way across the room. Only for the good of the vinyl playing hobby, of course. assuming that violence could ever hope to cure voluntary stupidity.
It's also handy for blowing the dust off LPs before spinning. You can get one from Amazon for 18 bucks.
kind of you to offer help, thanks.
, I have always used a record brush and if needed, an anti static gun. unsure if I need more.
I am dubious about blowing dust off a record. You can't necessarily see it when it is distributed around the record. And if you blow it you don't know where it goes, as you can't see it, and chances are some could be attracted back to the record by static. My preference is to use a CF brush that puts all the dust in one visible line and then lift it off using a gel roller. The roller won't pick up all the fine dust but I'm not sure anything does so you should use an RCM for that. But the roller will get a lot of the dust and all of the lint/fur/detritus that's befallen the disc since you last vacuum leaned it.
I decided the air blaster would be excessive consumption.
in part because of the reasons you stated. also because in over fifty years , I never felt the need, because a brush with clean records has always worked for me. I also use an anti static gun occasionally .
I briefly thought it could be useful blowing the tip of my new cartridge , because ortofon doesn't recommend fluid cleaning, and I always depended on that method. Switching to the little dinky brush they include with the cart is hard to accept, but it should work, if I am danish style fastidious. .
I almost restricted my cart selections to those who allowed liquid cleaning, but was swayed by a rare discount on a Beethoven 2M black, , and the reality that my arm isn't up to handle a dream cart
while the internal search engine at B and H doesn't bring the air blaster up, an external search does.
I was about to pull through trigger on one , then thought that if the product was made in china, I would be paying $20 for something that is most likely the equivalent of a Chinese knock off, for something I don't really need .
a customer help chat about my concern was super helpful and quick. all that stuff is made in china except for one , designed with filters to use on sensors, that is made in Canada for fifty dollars. the red rocket appeals to the child in me, my logic says I don't enjoy Chinse crap I really don't need on visual display right next to my turntable, so am thinking it over. and favoring the ethos about buying less stuff.
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