am i being to fussy or anal?

[Barry]

lol i had to look that up and i still dont understand it barry??

I was just teasing you over your spelling: writing "to" rather than "too".

But more importantly I go along with Neil and Grant. The generator can sometimes be slightly misaligned with respect to the cartridge body, both the azimuth in the horizontal and vertical plane.

[CageyH]

If all of that debris was already on there, then I doubt it is “new” with zero hours.
If it wasn’t, then you need to clean your records or invest in a record cleaner.

[karma67]

yes yes i know,im cleaning tomorrow lol

[Spectral Morn]

i always do mate,it sounds fine,also the rarity of it makes me reluctant to send it back. its just an annoying niggle that will be in the back of my mind.

I understand, not saying I would not have that niggle myself.

[Jimbo]

I would send it back. A skewed cantilever can affect channel balance and it's what has happened internally that would concern me.

[Bigman80]

I'd send it back. There's no telling if it left the factory like that or is something had gone amiss in the guts of the cartridge. A mate of mine had a misalignment in the cantilever, guy he bought it off said it was due to never using antiskate. Turns out the rubber inside was sheared and the cantilever was being pulled to one side. Left him with uneven stylus wear. Cost him £400 to replace the guts etc. New stylus too.

I wouldn't risk it personally, regardless of rarity.

[Spectral Morn]

If all of that debris was already on there, then I doubt it is “new” with zero hours.
If it wasn’t, then you need to clean your records or invest in a record cleaner.

I recently sold an unused in its box Ortofon MC2000 and it had gathered up some crude despite never having left its storage box, go figure.

[CageyH]

I recently sold an unused in its box Ortofon MC2000 and it had gathered up some crude despite never having left its storage box, go figure.

And a nice bit of fluff around the stylus?

[montesquieu]

I was just teasing you over your spelling: writing "to" rather than "too".

But more importantly I go along with Neil and Grant. The generator can sometimes be slightly misaligned with respect to the cartridge body, both the azimuth in the horizontal and vertical plane.

I'm in this camp as well. If it sounds fine I wouldn't worry.

However, I agree with Paul as well and for that reason I'm not going to ask you what it is! (curious as I am).

[Stratmangler]

And a nice bit of fluff around the stylus?

OP did say it has worked hard the last couple of days.
It ain't got zero hours on it now!