I made a rookie mistake, don't do this

I have strongly suggested in posts made. 

That a Cart' will become very contaminated with Airborne Particulate and it would be best to have the Cart' professionally cleaned at least once during its usage life to keep the Cart's function close to optimised. 

A Styli Condition check  and thorough clean, will be part of such a Cleaning Service being carried out.

My observation is that 200 Hours is a point where contaminant becomes visible by the eye, as a mass collection, by 400 Hours, there is substantial collection that is built up on the critical interfaces, that can only be described as impeding to the parts needing total freedom of movement as per the design.

Metal Particulate is known to collect on a  Coil Winding and  successfully short the coil. causing a channel to fail. 

In Good Form Styli and Cleanliness within the Cart',

are conditions that reward the user substantially. 

pindac

I simply cannot understand any TT, especially an expensive one with a precise tonearm and pricey cartridge being sold without, and between use hanging around without a dust cover.

Makes absolutely no sense to me.

@elliottbnewcombjr The search to discover exactly what I am referring to is extremely easy to discover.

How about the even stranger phenomenon of Dampers looking like one half has been gnawed away, with the description of a cause being UV Damage.

Cart's are extremely Fragile, certain Parts used are requiring the conditions encountered in the real world to be very sympathetic to their needs.

Once a Cart' is released into the real World, the Cart' is met with a whole new frontier to perform in.

A Dust Cover in many cases is a Band Aid on a Gaping Wound, some in the know, would suggest a dehumidifier is the very basic of preparations to be in place for a space where a Cart' is to be used.

We are all bound by our experiences, and even more bound by our surmising creating deficiency in attaining knowledge through experience.