the shibata, or SAS, or Micro-ridge, or Micro-line, they will have greater contact area, but will also pull more deep hard packed detritus out of the groove.
And thus will require more cleaning of the stylus, in the first go round of playing the given older record. the difference in force applied with the cleaning brush or cleaning machines vs the stylus is huge. the stylus outdoes them all at some +20 tonnes per square inch. So it will definitely find detritus and grunge that the given record cleaner will not remove.
So, first go-round with a fine line contact type stylus of the above types, make sure to clean not just the record (a second time, after playing-a light brushing at the least-to get the now loose stuff off) but the stylus as well.
This is just the OTT anal end of the pool. Alternatively, just... play the record. And clean with a brush, carbon type, etc...as per usual. But, cleaning the line contact type profile stylus becomes paramount due to the deep dive it makes into the dirty grooves of old records that were previously played only with conical styli.
http://www.pspatialaudio.com/stylus_wear.htm
And thus will require more cleaning of the stylus, in the first go round of playing the given older record. the difference in force applied with the cleaning brush or cleaning machines vs the stylus is huge. the stylus outdoes them all at some +20 tonnes per square inch. So it will definitely find detritus and grunge that the given record cleaner will not remove.
So, first go-round with a fine line contact type stylus of the above types, make sure to clean not just the record (a second time, after playing-a light brushing at the least-to get the now loose stuff off) but the stylus as well.
This is just the OTT anal end of the pool. Alternatively, just... play the record. And clean with a brush, carbon type, etc...as per usual. But, cleaning the line contact type profile stylus becomes paramount due to the deep dive it makes into the dirty grooves of old records that were previously played only with conical styli.
http://www.pspatialaudio.com/stylus_wear.htm