NOOOO!!! Don't lock the arm. Let it run free on the cue. By locking it then cleaning it, you're placing too much pressure / VTF on the suspension and cantilever. It would never see that much pressure during play and could be damaged.
Wet Cleaning the Stylus
Wet cleaned the stylus of my Ortofon Cadenza for the first time. Purchased it new two years ago and never considered going beyond using a stylus brush. A friend recommended wet cleaning it and WOW, what a difference it made.
If I wet-clean the stylus on a daily basis can I expect to get the same WOW same reaction. What about cleaning the stylus on hourly basis. How about between side A and B:)
Any recommendations on an effective and safe stylus cleaner.
If I wet-clean the stylus on a daily basis can I expect to get the same WOW same reaction. What about cleaning the stylus on hourly basis. How about between side A and B:)
Any recommendations on an effective and safe stylus cleaner.
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What who deed is intersting but deed anyone lost his stylus because of wet cleaning? Or , to put it otherise, what about those who lost their stylus (simply fall off from the cantilver) while never used the wet cleaning method? To prove eny assumed causal relation the cause and the effect should be mentioned as individual events such that one caused the other. Well I can speak only for myself. I never lost any stylus nor I ever destroyed any cantilever or stylus in 40 years that I am in this hobby. |
well, i use my shelter 501(not mk2) since "middle ages" probably having near 12,000 hours on it and tip is fine and dandy. i only use liquid if i can't get rid of visible contamination with dry cleaning using trivial and known last stylus brush and last stylus cleaner. the flask with last stylus cleaner is also over 12 years of age and still there's plenty for another god knows how many years. i guess it's not milk and won't spoil over decades. |
Wet clean? Nope. Used to use Zerodust too. Never again. |
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