DS Audio Stylus cleaner ST50

[Arthur-Lee]

Has anyone on the Forum are using the above cleaner and what are their views on the unit considering it costs £80.

Regards,

Martin

[Suedkiez]

It is discussed, among other options, in

Cleaning your stylus

(I know this has been discussed many times before - perhaps thinking specifically when fluid cleaners should be avoided). Over the years have used Linn green paper (K9, now Krystal), Audio Technica vibrating cleaner, discwasher brush and fluid (fluid probably runied the AT cleaner brush) and AT stylus cleaner on AT cartridges. Having recently acquired a Linn Krystal I was surprised to find a thread elsewhere indicating aluminium cantilever failure might be caused by cleaning solutions using fl…

and in

Stylus Cleaning

Picked up the DS Audio Stylus cleaner later part of last year, and very favourable results. Yes, expensive, but great results and easy to use (i.e. little chance of damage to the cartridge) with my Lyra Skala. [image] [image] And given the replacement cost/value of the cartridge and today some of the records, it has to be done. Anyone with similar experiences?

[Toon]

Here’s my cleaning regime…

1. VP DustBuster for half a second every play
2. Flux ultrasonic cleaner (dry) about every 2 weeks for 10-15 seconds.
   Job done.

[334578]

I just purchased one myself. I will use it in combination with the green paper, in hopes
The ST 50 removes the lint, dust, etc from under the cart and around the cantilever with the green paper removing the crud that gets almost shellacked on from dirty grooves, and heat generated from needle to vinyl drag.

Scott

[Skyebridge]

For what it’s worth, chaps etc, about two years ago I had my Garrard 401 with SME III in an original Peter Soper plinth refurbished and revised (silver litz etc) by one of the best TT/Cartridge people in the UK. I won’t advertise the name, in due deference to Forum Rules and human curiosity. Advice about cleaning my/any stylus, coming from one of the top stylus makers in the world, was ‘Insert carefully into a bit of plasticine, and carefully withdraw’. Incidentally, this is probably what the dancing girls said to Donald Trump in Moscow in 2006.

I don’t want replies, thanks, but do go ahead if you must.

Skyebridge