Anyone Tried Audiotop Stylus Cleaner?


Is this cleaner worth $80?

Steve
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I went out and bought the Magic Eraser. I had thoughly cleaned the stylus with the Mozno Zero Dust and played the record. I then cleaned it with the Magic Eraser and replayed it. I heard no improvement. I then used the AudioTop stylus cleaner and again replayed the record. The bass was noticably more extended and there was more ambience. The Magic Eraser is definitely cheap.
Yes, I have tried it. It is excellent giving greater transparency. Is it worth it? I cannot say as it depends on you. It is better than anything else I have used. I have not tried Mr. Clean.
All that I can assume is that the stylus better follows the grooves, and I agree that this would seem most likely for high frequencies. Maybe because the stylus has to move long distances on bass. It is quite obvious.

I know this stuff is too expensive, but I know that when I use it on a clean stylus that the music is much more involving. I would love it were the AudioTop to cost $20, but I will bite the bullet if need be.
Dougdeacon, as I had never heard it, you can believe that it took me a long time to buy it. I still think it is grossly overpriced, but I cannot argue with the results. I wish someone would reverse engineer it and come out with it at a much lower price.