I bought this machine from a friend six years ago and have used it periodically on LPs with mixed results. It gets all the surface dirt and dust off the record, but I can never seem to get out those faint pops and crackles from the deep hidden dirt particles. For the longest time I thought the VPI wouldn't work on 78s. Much to my suprise and delight, it does an amazing job on shellac. I pulled a couple of Frankie Trumbauer Brunswicks out of the stacks. Both these records looked great after cleaning and played E+ or better. No noise from dirt. The VPI doesn't work miracles. A V record is still a V record even if it's clean. But for the E records in your collection the VPI may very well make those records sound New.
I recommend the Nitty Gritty Pure 1 record cleaning solution as well. It's made for 78s and does no damage. It's available at www.needledoctor.com
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