To the OP,
I thought this conversation was laid to bed years ago when Doug Deacon popularized use of the Magic Eraser.
No doubt there are fluids which (over time) will leave your stylus looking like new (clear/white). I confess to having only used Last, and the results were just meh in comparison with the Magic Eraser.
This might have been a problem with technique (keeping fluid from migrating up the cantilever), but that's my point. There’s no fluid involved in a Magic Eraser cleaning.
There is a down side to the Magic Eraser, if you can call it that. You need either steady hands or good technique.
There are times when something doesn’t have to be labeled as an audiophile product to be a best in class product.
As far as the Onzow is concerned, this looks like the old Zerodust - good for removing surface garbage, but not for the baked on vinyl that quickly crusts up on a stylus. Upon having moved on from Last solution (cantilever grunge - possible user error), I used a Zerodust for about a year.
It then took careful and extensive "scrubbing" with a Magic eraser to remove the build-up that the Zerodust let occur. It can be done (remove it after the fact) but it’s a delicate operation, and prevention (regular use of the Magic Eraser) is much simpler.
As always, YMMV, but I thought this was open and closed when Doug posted about the Magic Eraser.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier Design
I thought this conversation was laid to bed years ago when Doug Deacon popularized use of the Magic Eraser.
No doubt there are fluids which (over time) will leave your stylus looking like new (clear/white). I confess to having only used Last, and the results were just meh in comparison with the Magic Eraser.
This might have been a problem with technique (keeping fluid from migrating up the cantilever), but that's my point. There’s no fluid involved in a Magic Eraser cleaning.
There is a down side to the Magic Eraser, if you can call it that. You need either steady hands or good technique.
There are times when something doesn’t have to be labeled as an audiophile product to be a best in class product.
As far as the Onzow is concerned, this looks like the old Zerodust - good for removing surface garbage, but not for the baked on vinyl that quickly crusts up on a stylus. Upon having moved on from Last solution (cantilever grunge - possible user error), I used a Zerodust for about a year.
It then took careful and extensive "scrubbing" with a Magic eraser to remove the build-up that the Zerodust let occur. It can be done (remove it after the fact) but it’s a delicate operation, and prevention (regular use of the Magic Eraser) is much simpler.
As always, YMMV, but I thought this was open and closed when Doug posted about the Magic Eraser.
Cheers,
Thom @ Galibier Design