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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?

audphile1
inna
8,240 posts
 

Just use Lyra or LAST, both are supposed to be more than adequate, cost almost nothing. Zero points for discussion. 

Like in Germany, there are 2000 kinds of hotdogs. Who needs all that ? Germans, I guess, maybe.

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pindac
3,920 posts
 

For many years a chewed end of a Vesta, to the point it was fine fibres proved an excellent Gem Cleaner for Jewel producers. 

Jewellers Putty is the go today and has proved to be very useful on a Stylus. 

 

I have a question to the individuals who do not know the accuracy of the alignment for the Stylus mounted on the Cantilever. 

Does obsessing about and undertaking Stylus cleaning improve the End Sound that results from a Stylus with Azimuth, Zenith or SRA alignment issues, caused through the mounting of the Stylus to the Cantilever?] [is 

Does the cleaning of the Stylus limit the cleaning

value to assisting with removing irritating noise as a result of contaminants on the Stylus?

 

 

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faustuss
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@richardbrand 

"Good tip on the clip-on desk lamp.  Looks as if it might be a NÄVLINGE from IKEA?  It should double as a strobe light, too?"

The one I have has a ballast, so doesn’t strobe. Interestingly, the ceiling fixture I rely on as the reference has LED bulbs in it that when I replaced the incandescents as they blew out do strobe.

"Next time I have a spare 3 hours I will pop into IKEA then try to find my way out again ..."

You can order the lamp online.

 

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lalitk
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@pindac 

Answer to your question, no amount of stylus cleaning can correct alignment errors that are baked into the stylus–cantilever relationship. Cleaning helps, but it helps in a very specific way.

In short, Alignment determines (allows) what that truth is. A clean stylus lets you hear the truth. 

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lalitk
6,180 posts
 

@audphile1 

Thanks for mentioning Lepro LED light. It appears to be well made. I got my heart set on Reliable UberLight 7200TL LED Light due to its clamping and swivel/tilt options. My shelf is 2-3/4” thick and most other light clamps taps out at 2” or less. 

And I’m glad to see, you did not fall for any gobbledygook type of stuff for your stylus care. 

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