Dirt and dust can accumulate in the grooves of vinyl, causing damage to the stylus and affecting sound quality. Regularly cleaning your vinyl records can improve sound quality, extend the life of your equipment and records, and even increase their resale value. Check out our reasons for using cleaning solutions and machines to help safely and effectively clean your records.

Vinyl offers the listener a tactile experience you can't get from streaming, but with that added experience may come some added work. When I started listening to records, I had yet to learn that vinyl maintenance went beyond blowing the dust off everything before I started. It did work great for a while, but after a few months or so, I began hearing problems. 

When I finally "checked under the hood," I realized how dirty my records had become, and my stylus was utterly worse for wear. I learned the value of regular vinyl maintenance the hard way.