blossomchris
I feel better than James Brown
my trusty Nagaoka 801 Hi-clean is running short. looking difficult to source in the Uk, any links please or alternative.
Stylus cleaner
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misterc6
Wasted and wounded, it ain’t what the moon did
Darren
So gentle when he tries to understand.
I've used the AudioTechnica 607 liquid for over thirty years. Never had a hint of a problem and you can see the diamond glint at you in the light afterwards.
There's something reassuring about using a product that's been around for so long and made by a cartridge manufacturer.
There's something reassuring about using a product that's been around for so long and made by a cartridge manufacturer.
Alun Rains
Jus Juan Cornetto
I use that too only occasionally though.
Don’t use it on linn Krystal it cost me a very expensive cartridge
daytona600
Registered User
Don’t use it on linn Krystal
Did Lyra make the Krystal ?
RCM best way to clean you stylus . Remove dirt at source
Did Lyra make the Krystal ?
RCM best way to clean you stylus . Remove dirt at source
I don’t think so, I think problem started sometime in 2017 when snapped cantilever was reported in a few cases, Linn advised not to use Lyra SPT but green paper or dry US cleaner instead , probably Lyra liquid corroded cantilever as it’s just distilled water plus soap.
daytona600
Registered User
Fluids can weaken the bonding on the stylus/cantilever . Cleaning fluids & capillary action can migrate up the cantilever into generator/internals
That was mine with 300 hours on it and 14 months oldFound the photo of Linn Krystal canti published elsewhere:
Exactly this , I sporadically clean stylus- only dry US cleaner, never have had problem with any cartridges I owned bare one I bought used with already dislodged stylus
quite a coincidence , have Linn replaced yours in the end?
It’s a long story but to sum it after 35 years of linn ownership and cartridges linn customer service know how to give you no customer service
Their 3 words to me were “out of warranty”
I am not really surprised, I've had issues with their streamer which hasn't been resolved and by the look of it won't ever be, shame as I have been into Linn digital sources for some time but started looking elsewhere lately.It’s a long story but to sum it after 35 years of linn ownership and cartridges linn customer service know how to give you no customer service
Their 3 words to me were “out of warranty”
Amber Audio
This is the Day
Same here, used sparingly for decades without issues. Helps if your LPs are kept clean so stylus doesn’t get crudded up.
Tony L
Administrator
AT637 vibrating cleaner here for over 40 years. Never the slightest issue. I use a drop of cleaner on the pad (never the stylus), either AT’s fluid or Nagaoka’s. I bought Nagaoka’s fluid after buying the MP-500 as it has to be safe on their bonded stylus to boron cantilever. I’ve never had a tip fall off anything. I’d not want to apply a liquid directly to a tip though.
PS That said way back in the late ‘70s I had the dreaded thoroughly discredited Lencoclean wet-play system on my GL75 for a while, and even with that I never had a stylus fall off. Made a crackly mess of the records that took a proper wet-vacuum clean decades later to really clean out. I still own a couple of records from that time and it does clean out, but it was a remarkably dumb idea.
PS That said way back in the late ‘70s I had the dreaded thoroughly discredited Lencoclean wet-play system on my GL75 for a while, and even with that I never had a stylus fall off. Made a crackly mess of the records that took a proper wet-vacuum clean decades later to really clean out. I still own a couple of records from that time and it does clean out, but it was a remarkably dumb idea.