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+1, however

I would never "drag" a stylus across a ME. I've cut a ME pad into smaller pieces and place one of those on the plinth next to the platter. Then I use the arm cueing to lower and raise the stylus into the pad 5-6 times. I follow that with a brush (back to front) a few strokes across the stylus to make certain no micro fibers remain to damage a record.

Also I don't understand another comment that the ME does not clean the entire diamond. When I dip the stylus into the pad as described that is done with whatever force I've set for VTF. Clearly the entire tip penetrates right up to the cantilever. If the tip is dirty you should see a dark spec on the ME pad after raising the arm. When I see that I move the pad just slightly so the next contact when lowering the arm will be to a clean area on the ME.

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