For the previous couple of years, an increasing number of listeners appear to be shopping for into groovy black discs to eat their music. Over time, these vinyl information can accumulate floor gunk that adversely impacts playback. The RCM from Austria’s Rekkord Audio has been launched that will help you maintain your assortment in pristine situation.

Should you play vinyl information frequently, you probably already use a thin-fiber brush of some type to take away floor mud earlier than reducing the tonearm. However generally that merely will not be sufficient, and a deeper clear will likely be wanted.

There are a variety of various cleansing machines out there, some giving information an ultrasonic tub and others vacuuming the floor. The Rekkord RCM is an entire floor suction system – which implies that the vacuum arm reaches throughout the floor of the document versus level suction, the place a vacuum nozzle follows the grooves whereas cleansing.

The mains-powered wet-clean machine measures 418 x 269 x 328 mm (16.5 x 10.5 x 13 in ), weighs a hefty 8.6 kg (19 lb), and has the look of a boxy turntable. Up prime is a motorized platter upon which the vinyl document is positioned, and secured with a heavy aluminum puck (which additionally protects the label throughout cleansing).

The person applies among the equipped non-alcoholic cleansing fluid to the floor of the document and spreads it uniformly utilizing the equipped brush earlier than transferring the chip-lathed vacuum arm throughout and powering on the suction. The platter rotates at 30 rpm.

The vacuum arm removes utilized fluid and amassed grime to a 2-liter (0.5-gal) tank inside a fundamental physique made up of 4-mm-thick aluminum composite panels, with Rekkord saying that the document floor ought to be clear and dry inside one to 2 rotations. The method is repeated for the flip facet, after which the residue-free vinyl is prepared for playback on a turntable.

Since a lot of the vacuumed cleansing fluid will probably evaporate within the inside tank, upkeep is minimal – with the corporate saying that the RCM “will virtually by no means have to be emptied.”

The Rekkord RCM will likely be out there by way of the corporate’s seller community later this month for a urged retail worth of €699 (about US$760), which makes it extra expensive than the same VC-S2 from Professional-Ject however is available in less expensive than the most recent Degritter.

Product web page: Rekkord RCM