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In Reply to: RE: Stylus Gunk posted by Joe Backer on January 15, 2017 at 11:33:15
I used to frequent this site relgiously 10+ years ago. Back then a really nice gentleman posted once in a while. It turns out that he was the chief designer and owner(?) of one of the very high end, well known cartridge lines as in Lyra or Koetsu. Does anyone remember his name?
The reason I bring this up is back then I asked him about cleaning debris off my cartridge. I remember when I looked at it under a microscope it was covered in all sorts of dust and debris. He was nice enough to answer my question directly, I respected the hell out of that. Yes he did say do this at your own risk, a small mistake will turn it into trash but he didn't hold back. His thread covered everything from the sytlus to the exposed coils on nude cartridges.
I bet all on this thread would find it really interesting so I wanted to launch this question to help me back track and find the thread. As I recall his name was not American sounding, any chance any of you remember his name? If you do, let us know and I'll find the string as an FYI.
One of the things I do recal, and wound up using it many times was:
Assumption: you have access to a micoscope for this. Dont' need very high power.
Warning (Joe you mentioned this above) - Keep ANYTHING magnetic away from these cartridges. You can not possibly react fast enough if the cartridge start to pull it in.
Debris: Take a plain old tooth pick or two. Dip them in rubber cemement, leaving. Put them aside and let them start to dry until they are tacky. Just tacky enough to pick up dust and debris, but will not leave a trace.
Gently touch the coils or the cantilever to grab the debris. I've done it dozens of times on expensive carts, works very well.
More info in the string if I can find it. Looks like the archives only go back to 1999, this is probably later than that. Let me know.
John
Follow Ups:
Jonathon Carr, back in 2000.
Regards,
Phil
In the post above this, Tirgersmoke (Thanks Phil) found the link I was referring to. I'm betting > 99% of you will enjoy reading it so I have posted this message with a better subject line to catch your eye. Just click on the link he was kind enough to find and see what you think. I remember I was so impressed that Mr. Carr took the time to get into such detail. Hey it works, I've used it many times.
John
I forgot how good this post was. Thanks Phil. John
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