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Tips for cleaning Zyx airy 3

I recently took my Zyx airy 3 to a friend, who looked at it under a microscope. To my horror, the diamond was covered in a ball of dirt and could not even be seen. This is despite cleaning the cartridge with zerodust and a brush every day. All my records have been cleaned by an Okki Nokki and I take great care to remove any dust before playing.
The stylus has now been cleaned and is back to normal and I have ordered a stiffer brush to clean it with.
Has anybody else had problems keeping this cartridge clean?.
fro

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markd51
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Fro, I too use a ZYX Airy 3X Use the Mr Clean Magic Eraser, and problem solved. If your digging quite a bit of dirt from your records, this is telling me your Okki Nokki ain't cutting it. Either that, or you're using inadequate cleaners, and rinses. search the archives here about Mr Clean. You'll learn a lot more1 Mark
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Yep, but your Denon DL-110 is nowhere near the realm of the ZYX, and one of the reason's for the Airy 3's wonderful sound, and its ability to pick up more crud than the Denon is its Stylus profile.

Hopefully that stiff Brush your referring to that you purchased, along with the Mr Clean ME, is a good Stylus Brush?

As others have suggested to myself, a couple, to a few cueing "dunks" into a small cube of the ME placed on the Platter before every LP side, will keep the Stylus maintained, you won't ever have to risk resorting to liquid cleaners. Mark
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