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Originally Posted by Aperna1985
Thanks Tom, do you know of any that should be avoided? Also couldn't you get a dirty title to load into a player, then manually remove it by disassembly or some thing, then use one of those ultra sonic record cleaners to clean the record?
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I haven't seen any consistently dog mechanisms. Some of the lever loads develop electronic issues (they're common enough mechs that I typically wait for a good cheap working one to pop up and sell the bad one dirt cheap as parts). The only one I remember being bad was one of the first stereo players...that was basically the lever load mech with the lever motorized, and a gear cracked...might have been a freak occurrence though.
You are not supposed to wash discs! They have a special, necessary silicone lubricant that can't really be replaced (the discs and styli wear out faster without it), also the grooves are so small that residue from cleaning agents or minerals in the water can cause skips.
Most washing of discs I hear of are discs that have been in a flood, have mud inside and the owner wants to play them once to record a copy before the disc dies.