Stylus cleaners
I used to use Onzo ZeroDust with my first few cartridges years ago. With the last two cartridges, Hana ML, I have only been using the included Hana brush for every side of LP and the MoFi LP-9 liquid stylus cleaner (I get as much fluid out of the brush by pressing it against the neck of the bottle before I clean stylus) every 3-4 records.
Onzo is collecting dust especially since the Fremer’s The Tracking Angle article.
I’ve been looking at DS Audio ST-50 but at $80 I’m not sure it will do anything better than my current cleaning methods.
What’s your stylus cleaning routine?
Magic Erasure can leave fibers in the stylus where it connects to the cantilever. Some "wet" cleaners may attack the bond between the cantilever and stylus (I don't want to experiment). Like sksos1, I use Bluestick (BlutTak or similar) pressed flat on a quarter using the same technique as described. I've used that on carts from AudioTechnia, Lyra and rebuilds from Soundsmith. Does a good job. Also use it on a stylus between plays an someone else's home with very good A/B comparison results. |
@richardbrand I’ve been looking at this thing and I can’t pull the trigger. May be some day… |
