ZYX Fuji vs. Lyra Helicon

The Shelter 901 and the ZYX R100 Fuji sound very different. About as different as a v.d.Hul compared to a Koetsu! The 901 is much closer to a Top Koetsu (Urushi) in its presentation than the ZYX. The ZYX is so extremly neutral, that it has no competition. It is not there!

But remember: The ZYX has a hallow cantilever! This means, you must use no liquid cartridge cleaners, but the Zero Dust
cleaner!!! Or a 400Hz cleaner like once made by Goldring or AT. These do work fine as well. Also the stylus is very very tiny: picks up dirt very quickly if the records are not clean!

Although the postings are 14 years ago, i was triggered by the last post. I have ZYX Fuji, which is all that is said above, and have used a liquid cleaner without any issue. Why would it not be possible to use a liquid cleaner? I might switch to another cleaner if it is not good for the cart (Although i haven't noticed any issue yet. )

The fear is that a liquid stylus cleaner may contain a solvent which could migrate up the hollow tube and eventually, for example, weaken the bond between the stylus and the cantilever, assuming that bond is achieved by some sort of epoxy, which is often the case.