I notice on this thread that many people eschew cleaning the stylus. With good reason, as the harm some of the cleaning fluids out there can do to the cartridge.
I use a Japanese product called Zerodust to clean my stylus. It is a piece of very soft plastic which you push up against the stylus and remove. Any dirt on the stylus is transferred to the plastic. After a lot of use you can see a build up of dirt on the plastic and you just wash it with hand soap and it is good as new.
I use a Japanese product called Zerodust to clean my stylus. It is a piece of very soft plastic which you push up against the stylus and remove. Any dirt on the stylus is transferred to the plastic. After a lot of use you can see a build up of dirt on the plastic and you just wash it with hand soap and it is good as new.