I would use the Onzow Zerodust stylus cleaner. It's a bit pricey but it's absolutely worth it! I use it before and after each play on my Benz Ebony cartridge and I can't say I remember a time that a record sounded distorted due to the stylus being dirty plus it uses a super soft plastic bubble you just lower your stylus onto and lift and the dirt sticks to it so it babies your cartridge/cantilever and can be washed and reused indefinately.
New Cartridge- Broke the Stylus
New to vinyl, bought a real nice Rega Planar II and listened for a couple weeks with the original R100 cartridge- enough to get hooked. I had the turntable checked, set up and had a new Ortofon 2M Blue put on.
I went to clean it with the supplied brush and tried to follow the diagram how to use it. I had no problems with the "LAST" brush that came with the turntable. The stylus broke off......
At least I got about 4 hours listening in. Now I am in addict mode waitng for a solution to play the great vinyl I scored recently. The store where I got the cartridge needs to check whether the stylus is replaceable- It doesn't look like it. Guess I will have to spring for a new stylus= $165.00
Any tips on cleaning?
I went to clean it with the supplied brush and tried to follow the diagram how to use it. I had no problems with the "LAST" brush that came with the turntable. The stylus broke off......
At least I got about 4 hours listening in. Now I am in addict mode waitng for a solution to play the great vinyl I scored recently. The store where I got the cartridge needs to check whether the stylus is replaceable- It doesn't look like it. Guess I will have to spring for a new stylus= $165.00
Any tips on cleaning?