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Sudden problem with turntable

I have a rega p5 with a ortofon black. it used to sound great. yesterday i put on a record and it sounded terrible, really muddy. My knowledge of turntables is very limited. Is it possible that i damaged the stylus? Any suggestions as to how i would determine what happened?
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crazyeddy
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Just re-read the post again. My bad. I thought he said the 2M. If it is the Cadenza, Soundsmith would be an option, but be prepared to wait for it to come back. My last cartridge was there for 2-3 months
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might be a dirty stylus
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noromance
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@jkontuly Any updates? I hate unsolved mysteries!
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unfortunately no. I have been swamped at work. Hoping to try over break to fix myself, re-oil bearing, set-up cartridge etc...if that doesn't work I will take it to audio element in pasadena and see what they have to say. I think it would be a good learning experience to at least try...or dangerous..

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So I thought I would update this thread. As it turns out the magic eraser did help solve the issue. I didn't think it did at first but when i got the jewelers loupe and looked closely it turns out that I didn't get all of the eraser off the stylus. Once I did that it was all good. Thanks everyone.

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