tracy@hcrvx1.UUCP (Tracy Tims) (10/16/84)
Does anyone have any experience with various stylus cleaners? I am wondering
specifically if Stylast works as claimed in improving the quality of sound
and extending stylus life. I have a fairly good cartridge so if it does
extend its life a bit it will still save me money.
Does anyone have any recommendations?
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One very common one is the Discwasher SC-2 brush with fluid. It makes
no special claims about stylus life other than a clean stylus lasts longer
and doesn't wear your recordsd as much. I find it easy to use and
have had no problems with it. I clean my stylus often (about every 10)
plays, but not too often because I'm lazy and because I take enough care
of my records that they don't grunge up my stylus visibly even after 30
or 40 plays (using a 30x microscope to check for dust and buildup).
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BITNET: herbie at watdcs,herbie at watdcsumnw@trwrba.UUCP (Michael N. Washington) (10/19/84)
I have never used Stylast but would be a little leary of claims of extending
stylus life from a cleaning solution. I have used Diskwasher for some time
now and it seems to work just fine. Diskwasher doesn't make claims of
extending stylus life, but obviously keeping your stylus clean will extend
it's life and the record's life. I have also used just water/acohol
solution which also works fine. If you use the water/acohol solution,
be sure that you wait until the stylus is dry before using.
Michael N. Washington
TRW E&DS Redondo Beach, Ca. 90278
{ucbvax,decvax,hplabs}!trwrb!trwrba!mnwgreg@olivej.UUCP (Greg Paley) (10/19/84)
I can't really say whether the Stylast treatment actually extends the life of the stylus. However for $15 a bottle, which, even used frequently, will last well over a year, it seems a reasonable gamble to take. I'm happy with the LAST stylus cleaner fluid. I find that I like to apply the cleaner with its supplied brush, and then use the brush that came with the STYLAST fluid to remove the debris that the cleaner fluid loosens. I don't have one of the "electronic" stylus cleaners (one marketed by Audio-Technica, another marketed by Madrigal, both approx $30), but I've heard that they are extremely effective. - Greg Paley
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (10/22/84)
> One very common one is the Discwasher SC-2 brush with fluid.
My favorite is that discwasher decided they could bilk people out of
a little more money by putting D-3 in a little bottle and calling it
SC-2. My stylus brush said to use D-3 on it (it is one of the early
ones).
-Ronsullivan@acf4.UUCP (10/23/84)
I have used Stylast myself, and tell you it doesn't prolong the life of my cartridges! I've fumbled my way through breaking two styli through accidents and the Stylast didn't help one bit! David Sullivan sullivan@nyu.arpa ....!ihnp4!cmcl2!sullivan
rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) (10/25/84)
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wjm@whuxl.UUCP (MITCHELL) (10/26/84)
Personally, I've had good luck with Discwasher SC-2. Even if you use Stylast, you still MUST inspect your stylus for wear periodically A worn stylus will Destroy all the records it plays (another case for CD's). Generally inspection is recommended after 300 hours of use, and then every 100 hours after that. You can do it with a microscope, but if you're unfamiliar with what good and bad styli look like (especially on the more complex multi-radial tips) most dealers provide complimentary inspection service. Regards, Bill Mitchell (whuxl!wjm)