Lak,
Thanks for posting my article. The original can be found in the Threads beneath my signature, but the version you posted looks like my regularly-updated Word doc. I only added that Wiki link within the last year or so.
Philjolet,
The ZD removes dust, as the name implies, but there's more to stylus cleaning than that. Read the explanation by Jonathon Carr in Lak's post. I've rehabilitated over a dozen styli that were badly grunged up despite regular ZD-ing. When the owners got their cartridges back, truly clean, most of them said it sounded like new again.
Nothing in the ME is likely to migrate up the cantilever. Read Dan_Ed's post and check out that Wikipedia link.
However it can and does shed abrasive microscopic particles. Therefore, as Dan_Ed, Audiofeil and I have always warned, you must dry brush after using the ME to remove those particles before playing.
Thafler,
It doesn't matter what the bristles are made of. You're just brushing to remove stuff already loosened (or shed) by the ME. If Bill likes camels, that's his business!
Doug
