[gmku]

I had mine for years and years and years. I'm old, remember? I'm sure a new one would work fine, I just think after so many uses they start to go bad.

I thought I was going mad at first. I'd bring home new untouched vinyl, clean them once before spinning, and they'd sound like shit. And the more I tried using the Discwasher brush, the shittier they sounded. I had to take all the vinyl I'd been using the brush on and do a deep cleaning with soap and denatured alcohol to get them to sound new again.

These days, I give new records a light brush with the microfibre and I'm done, rarely use the solution. Some audiophiles claim there's a coating on new vinyl that you're supposed to wash off with a solution before playing but I don't buy it.