Degritter Ultrasonic Record Cleaning Machine | Review

I’ve got quite a large LP collection that I endeavor to keep as unsullied as possible. Goodness knows it’s not because I’m a mysophobe; one glance around my listening room is enough to dispel any notion that I’m Mr. Clean. But it’s a universally accepted fact that if you want to hear everything on your records and not be sidetracked by annoying snaps, crackles, and pops that can overwhelm the content—or at least minimize those annoyances—you must spin clean records. That’s where the Degritter Ultrasonic record cleaning machine (website) comes in. For the past 25 years, the LP ablution ritual at Casa Lindberg has been assigned to my VPI HW-16.5, which is a wet vacuum cleaner-type machine. Although the VPI. has continued to perform magnificently, the ascendance of ultrasonic record cleaners over the past few years has piqued my curiosity. And my curiosity was piqued because ultrasonic disc cleaning has been lauded in many circles as the ne plus ultra of modern vinyl cleaning. I mean, really: what kind of vinylphile wouldn’t want to avail their LPs of the best available laundering process? And, gee, we’re talking about ultra-sonic cleaning: it’s even got sonic in the name (and let’s not forget ultra)! […]