where the needle enters the cartridge body you should
use a small soft brush to brush the debris out. Always
brush from the direction of the cantilever to the stylus or
you may do damage.
Passion dust Buster (use when visible
contamination is present)
This helps remove fluff and particle build up on the
stylus.
Cleaning fluid (use infrequently)
Lyra cleaning fluid or similar is helpful to dissolve
substance build up. Some fluids dissolve glue so
minimal quantity should be used on a cotton bud or
brush and only damp to prevent fluid running up the
cantilever by capillary action.
Green Stuff paper (use once a week or so)
This is a very fine abrasive paper that will not harm your
stylus but will remove baked on substances.
RECORD CARE AND
CLEANING
The stylus itself does a pretty good job of cleaning the
grooves and should itself therefore be kept very clean.
Proprietary brushes etc. for cleaning records will often
do little more than brush dirt deeper into the record
grooves and are best avoided if possible.
High Quality Record Sleeves
Keep records in high quality non-scratch record sleeves -
preferably good ones.
Record Cleaning Machines
A record cleaning machine is really the only answer for
cleaning records properly as they suck out the debris and
dust in the record grooves using a powerful vacuum.
Tests using a microscope prove that this does the job
with 100% success. The performance improvement is
also very noticeable when it comes to even new records
being played. We offer a number of high grade cleaning
machines – see web site for details.
Cleaning Fluids
The most overlooked item in cleaning records is the
Cleaning fluid itself and there are many that fail to
do the job properly because they have not been
developed by trained chemists. For example, Iso-
propanol or detergent based cleaners may degrease
the record but damage it slowly as well.
We only recommend L'Art du Son cleaning fluid
which has consistently outperformed everything
else in reviews. Formulated by a trained Chemist
and leading turntable designer, this fluid will:.
•
Reduce Static charge on the record surface
•
Clean grease and other contaminates
•
Not damage your records
•
Leave no surface residue
PACKING FOR TRANSIT
If you need to send the arm anywhere
the
following procedure must be followed carefully to
avoid damage to
Remove the counterweight from the rear stub and
wind the vta adjuster wheel up as high as possible.
Locate the armtube in the arm clip and fasten in
place using wire wrap as shown below.
Pack arm in original box or use a box with bubble
wrap or scrunched up newspaper.
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Wire wrap (food bag tie or similar)
Polythene bag
