whats the best styus cleaner gel

I used to think the same as Nsgarch, namely that aggressive cleaning with something like the ME was only necessary every ten sides or so and that a dry brushing was adequate otherwise.

Jonathon Carr of Lyra encouraged me to clean more frequently, for reasons I posted above. I took his word for it and do seem to get better results, FWIW.

Magic E is simply the best stylus cleaner. You must be very careful but the results are unmatchable. I keep a Zerodust as a companion accessory.

I'm a convert thanks to Doug and Neil (Nsgarch).

Vaseline?

Great contribution Einstein.

I hope you're not being a smartass Audiofeil.