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Tips for cleaning Zyx airy 3

I recently took my Zyx airy 3 to a friend, who looked at it under a microscope. To my horror, the diamond was covered in a ball of dirt and could not even be seen. This is despite cleaning the cartridge with zerodust and a brush every day. All my records have been cleaned by an Okki Nokki and I take great care to remove any dust before playing.
The stylus has now been cleaned and is back to normal and I have ordered a stiffer brush to clean it with.
Has anybody else had problems keeping this cartridge clean?.
fro
lonestarsouth
54 posts
 
"Lonestarsouth is wrong btw. Nobody needs to accept a dirty stylus and it's easy to keep your stylus clean with the Magic Eraser per swampwalker's post."

Excuse me!!
fro OP
7 posts
 
Thanks for your tips!. I have invested in a stiff brush and some magic eraser today, so hopefuly this will cure the problem. The really annoying thing is that the Denon DL110 that I use on another deck is as clean as a whistle and I use this cart. on any old record and never brush or clean it.
markd51
763 posts
 
Yep, but your Denon DL-110 is nowhere near the realm of the ZYX, and one of the reason's for the Airy 3's wonderful sound, and its ability to pick up more crud than the Denon is its Stylus profile.

Hopefully that stiff Brush your referring to that you purchased, along with the Mr Clean ME, is a good Stylus Brush?

As others have suggested to myself, a couple, to a few cueing "dunks" into a small cube of the ME placed on the Platter before every LP side, will keep the Stylus maintained, you won't ever have to risk resorting to liquid cleaners. Mark
fro OP
7 posts
 
It's an ortofon carbon fibre stylus cleaning brush
joe55ag
29 posts
 
Hi Guys,

Here's the way that I do it thanks to Doug and other posters.

This took about an hour to make.. gloss black wood block with magic eraser and Zerodust at the correct heights.

3 dunks in the ME and 2 in the ZD - done..

Click here for photo..

Joe
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