stylus question

I just started using the Magic Eraser this week. I'd been using Zerodust for years. The Magic Eraser is so much better.

My cartridge is a London Decca Reference and it is notorious for wanting to see clean and unworn records.

There were records in my collection that I thought were unplayable with my cartridge. The records were clean and I thought my cartridge looked clean but it clearly wasn't. After a few cleans with the ME the cartridge sailed through those records that I previously thought were too worn.

Prior to using the ME my tracking force was set to the upper limits of the range and I was using a very steep VTA: all this in an attempt to keep things quiet in the groove and distortion-free. With my cartridge now perfectly clean thanks to the ME, I can choose pretty much any VTF or VTA that I want.

In addition to cleaning the stylus and the cantilever I suspect that the ME may getting rid of static. I wonder if the soap/chemical in the ME is coating the stylus and cantilever the way a dryer sheet, like "Bounce," coats clothing to prevent static cling.

In any case, it works fantastic.

The one I have is simply white through and through (no visible soap) but it isn't the "Original." The store I bought it at had three different kinds of ME: Bathroom; Kitchen; and 50% stronger. I went for the "bathroom" one. I will try some other store and look for the "original."