Depends on how much you like paying for a cartridge rebuild.
Someone did an analysis of record groove gunk: he reported that it’s a third grease, and third fluff, and a third diamond dust (presumably from a stylus). That’s a grinding compound, ready and able to reshape your stylus.
No record touches my Koetsu until it’s been cleaned ultrasonically. According to a photomicrograph at 1000 hours, the stylus shows minimal wear. Even the authorized dealer advised against a rebuild.
So follow MC’s advice if you like to burn money and destroy precision instruments. I don’t.
Someone did an analysis of record groove gunk: he reported that it’s a third grease, and third fluff, and a third diamond dust (presumably from a stylus). That’s a grinding compound, ready and able to reshape your stylus.
No record touches my Koetsu until it’s been cleaned ultrasonically. According to a photomicrograph at 1000 hours, the stylus shows minimal wear. Even the authorized dealer advised against a rebuild.
So follow MC’s advice if you like to burn money and destroy precision instruments. I don’t.