New ultrasonic vinyl cleaner in the works: Humminguru

there should be some DIY solution for the filters , right ?
i ordered some and i dont think ill run out soon , but they dont seem to be anything special
 
Mather said:
OMG it would be just like him to survive an apocalypse. He and 2004 era Nathalie Portman would be the last surviving humans, forced to singlehandedly re-populate the planet... and he'd blow himself up trying to distill bathtub hooch on the first night.
Click to expand...
Natalie Portman? I think I would let humanity die first!
 
I feel a bit crazy for posting this, but here goes....

I’ve now cleaned 62 records and listened to a bunch of them, and I think I must be losing my mind because I’m ready to classify this as one of the most significant upgrades to my audio system I’ve ever made. I went into this thinking it was all about eliminating pops and clicks, but I realize now it’s not about that at all, because they’re not completely gone and I don’t really care! (Will pick up a Zerostat, though, since I’m guessing static is at play.) No, this Humminguru is about the music, man. Here are some of the records I’ve cleaned and played: An OG copy of Carole King’s Tapestry, an OG UK pressing of Mountain’s Nantucket Sleighride, an early Club edition of The Beach Boys’ Surf’s Up (just one track played: Disney Girls), 2015 Grundman Famous Blue Raincoat (Jennifer Warnes) from Impex, OG pressing of Thunderclap Newman’s Hollywood Dream, early pressing of Suzanne Vega’s Solitude Standing, 2015 Blix Street 45RPM pressing of Eva Cassidy’s Simply Eva, 1978 Japan reissue of Boston’s Boston. In every case, what I’m hearing with the music makes me think about when famous paintings are restored, how the colors become brighter and more vivid, the details more defined, and the overall effect more stunning. Record after record, those damn platitudes I read/hear all the time about people “hearing the music for the first time” keep running through my head and I’m realizing that I haven’t really had this kind of a consistent “upgrade” feeling about any piece of equipment I’ve ever bought. Every record sounds like it’s had a bit of a MoFi treatment, where so many of the elements of the music have found their own space, everything is clear and well-defined, and it all just sounds so. damn. good. In fact, listening to Famous Blue Raincoat, I would even swear there used to be some sibilance where now there is none. Is that even possible? And then last night I played An Overview of Phenomenal Nature, by Cassandra Jenkins. I’m sure I listened to the record when I first got it, but mostly I’ve listened to this music digitally, with decent earbuds. I’ve heard the entire album at least 10 times, and a couple of the songs are on some of my playlists, so I’ve heard them (especially Hard Drive) 20 times or more. I’ll be damned if listening to the cleaned record didn’t reveal things I was completely surprised to hear—this album is even better than I already knew it was, and her voice is so intimate it was like her lips brushed my ear as she spoke/sang her words! I’m leaving on a trip in a couple of days that I’ve been looking forward to for a while, and now I’m feeling like a kid on Christmas morning who’s being dragged away from Santa’s drop to go visit relatives. This is possibly the best kept secret of audiophilia. And I guess my other (endless?) upgrades are finally paying off. How’s that for a sound investment?
 
Russ I said:
I feel a bit crazy for posting this, but here goes....

I’ve now cleaned 62 records and listened to a bunch of them, and I think I must be losing my mind because I’m ready to classify this as one of the most significant upgrades to my audio system I’ve ever made. I went into this thinking it was all about eliminating pops and clicks, but I realize now it’s not about that at all, because they’re not completely gone and I don’t really care! (Will pick up a Zerostat, though, since I’m guessing static is at play.) No, this Humminguru is about the music, man. Here are some of the records I’ve cleaned and played: An OG copy of Carole King’s Tapestry, an OG UK pressing of Mountain’s Nantucket Sleighride, an early Club edition of The Beach Boys’ Surf’s Up (just one track played: Disney Girls), 2015 Grundman Famous Blue Raincoat (Jennifer Warnes) from Impex, OG pressing of Thunderclap Newman’s Hollywood Dream, early pressing of Suzanne Vega’s Solitude Standing, 2015 Blix Street 45RPM pressing of Eva Cassidy’s Simply Eva, 1978 Japan reissue of Boston’s Boston. In every case, what I’m hearing with the music makes me think about when famous paintings are restored, how the colors become brighter and more vivid, the details more defined, and the overall effect more stunning. Record after record, those damn platitudes I read/hear all the time about people “hearing the music for the first time” keep running through my head and I’m realizing that I haven’t really had this kind of a consistent “upgrade” feeling about any piece of equipment I’ve ever bought. Every record sounds like it’s had a bit of a MoFi treatment, where so many of the elements of the music have found their own space, everything is clear and well-defined, and it all just sounds so. damn. good. In fact, listening to Famous Blue Raincoat, I would even swear there used to be some sibilance where now there is none. Is that even possible? And then last night I played An Overview of Phenomenal Nature, by Cassandra Jenkins. I’m sure I listened to the record when I first got it, but mostly I’ve listened to this music digitally, with decent earbuds. I’ve heard the entire album at least 10 times, and a couple of the songs are on some of my playlists, so I’ve heard them (especially Hard Drive) 20 times or more. I’ll be damned if listening to the cleaned record didn’t reveal things I was completely surprised to hear—this album is even better than I already knew it was, and her voice is so intimate it was like her lips brushed my ear as she spoke/sang her words! I’m leaving on a trip in a couple of days that I’ve been looking forward to for a while, and now I’m feeling like a kid on Christmas morning who’s being dragged away from Santa’s drop to go visit relatives. This is possibly the best kept secret of audiophilia. And I guess my other (endless?) upgrades are finally paying off. How’s that for a sound investment?
Click to expand...

I’m trying to hold off until after the holidays to grab one, if they are still available, but posts like these are making it so hard to wait. Please knock it off! 😆
 
Russ I said:
I feel a bit crazy for posting this, but here goes....

I’ve now cleaned 62 records and listened to a bunch of them, and I think I must be losing my mind because I’m ready to classify this as one of the most significant upgrades to my audio system I’ve ever made. I went into this thinking it was all about eliminating pops and clicks, but I realize now it’s not about that at all, because they’re not completely gone and I don’t really care! (Will pick up a Zerostat, though, since I’m guessing static is at play.) No, this Humminguru is about the music, man. Here are some of the records I’ve cleaned and played: An OG copy of Carole King’s Tapestry, an OG UK pressing of Mountain’s Nantucket Sleighride, an early Club edition of The Beach Boys’ Surf’s Up (just one track played: Disney Girls), 2015 Grundman Famous Blue Raincoat (Jennifer Warnes) from Impex, OG pressing of Thunderclap Newman’s Hollywood Dream, early pressing of Suzanne Vega’s Solitude Standing, 2015 Blix Street 45RPM pressing of Eva Cassidy’s Simply Eva, 1978 Japan reissue of Boston’s Boston. In every case, what I’m hearing with the music makes me think about when famous paintings are restored, how the colors become brighter and more vivid, the details more defined, and the overall effect more stunning. Record after record, those damn platitudes I read/hear all the time about people “hearing the music for the first time” keep running through my head and I’m realizing that I haven’t really had this kind of a consistent “upgrade” feeling about any piece of equipment I’ve ever bought. Every record sounds like it’s had a bit of a MoFi treatment, where so many of the elements of the music have found their own space, everything is clear and well-defined, and it all just sounds so. damn. good. In fact, listening to Famous Blue Raincoat, I would even swear there used to be some sibilance where now there is none. Is that even possible? And then last night I played An Overview of Phenomenal Nature, by Cassandra Jenkins. I’m sure I listened to the record when I first got it, but mostly I’ve listened to this music digitally, with decent earbuds. I’ve heard the entire album at least 10 times, and a couple of the songs are on some of my playlists, so I’ve heard them (especially Hard Drive) 20 times or more. I’ll be damned if listening to the cleaned record didn’t reveal things I was completely surprised to hear—this album is even better than I already knew it was, and her voice is so intimate it was like her lips brushed my ear as she spoke/sang her words! I’m leaving on a trip in a couple of days that I’ve been looking forward to for a while, and now I’m feeling like a kid on Christmas morning who’s being dragged away from Santa’s drop to go visit relatives. This is possibly the best kept secret of audiophilia. And I guess my other (endless?) upgrades are finally paying off. How’s that for a sound investment?
Click to expand...
That is so awesome! I ordered mine early on the morning of the 18th. They say they've shipped all the kickstarter orders and are now shipping the website preorders, so hopefully they'll be shipping new orders by early December.

Also, I should probably stay away from this thread until it arrives, because at this point it's just torturing me.
 
Ran into my first hiccup with rollers…it was on one of my Radiohead eps that are very flimsy…there’s a slight outer bump on the edge of the vinyl and caused my rollers not to roller effectively. I had to lightly put pressure on outer vinyl and then it would spin appropriately.
 
Crabbers said:
Ran into my first hiccup with rollers…it was on one of my Radiohead eps that are very flimsy…there’s a slight outer bump on the edge of the vinyl and caused my rollers not to roller effectively. I had to lightly put pressure on outer vinyl and then it would spin appropriately.
Click to expand...
I had the same issue with my new Kid Amnesia pressing that had a small chunk missing on the outer edge as well.
 
dansomeone said:
That is so awesome! I ordered mine early on the morning of the 18th. They say they've shipped all the kickstarter orders and are now shipping the website preorders, so hopefully they'll be shipping new orders by early December.

Also, I should probably stay away from this thread until it arrives, because at this point it's just torturing me.
Click to expand...
Yeah, I'm hoping they ship soon too. Pulled the trigger that first day after hearing so many great things. I guess this is a gift to myself using my coaching money this year. I have a vacuum cleaner, but if this works as well as I'm hearing I'll probably get rid of that. I like all of the (even more) ease of use with this. Can just put it in the other room and come back to it.
 
Russ I said:
I feel a bit crazy for posting this, but here goes....

I’ve now cleaned 62 records and listened to a bunch of them, and I think I must be losing my mind because I’m ready to classify this as one of the most significant upgrades to my audio system I’ve ever made. I went into this thinking it was all about eliminating pops and clicks, but I realize now it’s not about that at all, because they’re not completely gone and I don’t really care! (Will pick up a Zerostat, though, since I’m guessing static is at play.) No, this Humminguru is about the music, man. Here are some of the records I’ve cleaned and played: An OG copy of Carole King’s Tapestry, an OG UK pressing of Mountain’s Nantucket Sleighride, an early Club edition of The Beach Boys’ Surf’s Up (just one track played: Disney Girls), 2015 Grundman Famous Blue Raincoat (Jennifer Warnes) from Impex, OG pressing of Thunderclap Newman’s Hollywood Dream, early pressing of Suzanne Vega’s Solitude Standing, 2015 Blix Street 45RPM pressing of Eva Cassidy’s Simply Eva, 1978 Japan reissue of Boston’s Boston. In every case, what I’m hearing with the music makes me think about when famous paintings are restored, how the colors become brighter and more vivid, the details more defined, and the overall effect more stunning. Record after record, those damn platitudes I read/hear all the time about people “hearing the music for the first time” keep running through my head and I’m realizing that I haven’t really had this kind of a consistent “upgrade” feeling about any piece of equipment I’ve ever bought. Every record sounds like it’s had a bit of a MoFi treatment, where so many of the elements of the music have found their own space, everything is clear and well-defined, and it all just sounds so. damn. good. In fact, listening to Famous Blue Raincoat, I would even swear there used to be some sibilance where now there is none. Is that even possible? And then last night I played An Overview of Phenomenal Nature, by Cassandra Jenkins. I’m sure I listened to the record when I first got it, but mostly I’ve listened to this music digitally, with decent earbuds. I’ve heard the entire album at least 10 times, and a couple of the songs are on some of my playlists, so I’ve heard them (especially Hard Drive) 20 times or more. I’ll be damned if listening to the cleaned record didn’t reveal things I was completely surprised to hear—this album is even better than I already knew it was, and her voice is so intimate it was like her lips brushed my ear as she spoke/sang her words! I’m leaving on a trip in a couple of days that I’ve been looking forward to for a while, and now I’m feeling like a kid on Christmas morning who’s being dragged away from Santa’s drop to go visit relatives. This is possibly the best kept secret of audiophilia. And I guess my other (endless?) upgrades are finally paying off. How’s that for a sound investment?
Click to expand...
Proverbial tightening of the pants ensues.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top