The best stylus cleaner is LYRA SPT .I don't know about solvent but this is the best by far.
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AIVS has such a product and I just bought a bottle of it; haven't used it yet. I tend to use liquid stylus cleaners only sparingly anyway, though did use them when I had Lyra cartridges. Jim Pendleton claims that his product under AIVS brand will not harm the bond between the stylus and the cantilever shank. I did stop using the gels and Blu-stuff, though both are effective, out of concern that their use stresses the cantilever unnaturally. I do not know of any damage caused by that and am not claiming that the gels or sticky stuff will cause harm-- it's simply my own paranoia. I dry brush using a couple of different types of brushes under mild magnification. Clean records help too, as does a clean environment around your turntable area. |
whart ... I tend to use liquid stylus cleaners only sparingly anyway ...Same here. If your records are truly clean, there's very little that can accumulate on the stylus. I'm sure that @whart is one of the exceptions, but many audiophiles have never heard a r-e-a-l-l-y clean record. |
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