http://www.musicdirect.com/product/74632
Mr Coco got one from Japan - Says it works very well.
Anyone else tried one?
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Stylus cleaner - anyone tried a Zerodust
http://www.musicdirect.com/product/74632
Mr Coco got one from Japan - Says it works very well.
Anyone else tried one?
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Hi Steve,
Yep, I've got one of those and it works pretty well. It's especially good at removing larger 'blobs' of built-up gunk after, say, playing some older LPs that I haven't yet put through the RCM.
However, I much prefer this which I recently won on Ebay:
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4723 It's just a pity that they don't make the buggers anymore!
I also have a Zerostat pistol, which is great for neutralising static. I give records I've recently cleaned on the RCM a quick 'zap' before popping them inside a Nagaoka anti-static sleeve
The work we put up with, eh, for our love of vinyl!
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Steve,
Please, please, please, save yourself some cash & listen carefully to what I say:
You need some sticky hands.
In this thread
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=551
I wrote in Post No. 5
Heres what they look like:As for the Sticky Hands:
Works the same way as the £30 Zerodust - but I got 24 of them for under a fiver! You have to keep it in an airtight container or it will dry out. Works really well. Once again you dip the stylus in with the lift/lower mech.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bulk-Lot-Stick...item5d26b4a1d8
This seller is in Australia, but I only put this link in because it has a good picture of them. Do a search & find the best deal, taking postage into account. Mine came from the US & the price was under a fiver for 24 including shipping - I've had my fivers worth many times over. In the years since I bought them - I'm still only on my third one & I've given loads away.
They are functionally identical to the thing you are thinking of spending $60 on.
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Good call, Chris!
I didn't pay $60 for mine though. I bought one from Kevin ('bong') for considerably less when he was in holiday in Hong Kong and brought some back with him
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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I hate to see folks spending cash unecessarily!
Of course it doesn't come in a flash box like the Zerodust, but when it gets grubby or loses it's stickiness you can chuck it away & use another.
............plus the fact that you can't use the Zerodust for snatching stuff off tables at a distance of 3 feet!
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I've got one but I don't think it's as effective as the dense brush type like the one Marco blew two week's wages on, with or without vibrator.
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Well, I think they have a slightly different balance of advantages & therefore suit the removal of different types of residue.
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Two weeks wages?? Where are you working from - China?Originally Posted by hifi_dave
I've got one but I don't think it's as effective as the dense brush type like the one Marco blew two week's wages on, with or without vibrator.
Marco.
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & reg mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat/Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight/Isonoe feet & boots/Ortofon RS-212D/Denon DL-103GL in Denon PCL-300 headshell with Funk Firm Houdini/Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp/Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new, by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. LDR Stereo Coffee. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
Protect your HUMAN RIGHTS and REFUSE ANY *MANDATORY* VACCINE FOR COVID-19!
Also **SAY NO** to unjust 'vaccine passports' or certificates, which are totally incompatible with a FREE society!!!
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Business ain't what it used to be.Two weeks wages?? Where are you working from - China?
Marco.
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I have/had a Stanton (or was it pickering) cleaning kit with a wooden handled plush type brush (used dry) and a retractable close bristle brush for the stylus. I don't know where it is now, but the AT cleaning fluid and "carbon-fibre" brush does very well for me.
Marco, you don't need to use the Zero-Stat before putting LP's in the nagaoka sleeves, as these sleeves do a fantastic job all on their own...
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