I have bumped the cartridge a few times dropping the stylus hard on the LP or on the platter, will this hurt my stylus? How do you clean it?
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I have not noticed any damage from dropping the stylus, however, as I'm sure you're aware, that's probably not a good habbit to form. As far as cleaning, there are multiple products available that I'm sure would work great, but I personally use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It's definitely worth doing your own research, and it's totally understandable if you want to stay away from a semi-DIY approach, but after cleaning my stylus hundreds of times I can say that I'm happy with the results. If the record itself is clean you should be able to notice an audible difference. Hope this helps.
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Nope.. I've done it myself about 30 times not one bit of damage.. It's a very well made stylus
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I agree with the two previous responses. It's probably ok that you dropped your stylus. Do you hear a change in the music/sound? If not then you should be ok.In terms of how to clean your stylus you can use the Mr.Clean Magic Eraser technique (which I use)
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I have not noticed any damage from dropping the stylus, however, as I'm sure you're aware, that's probably not a good habbit to form. As far as cleaning, there are multiple products available that I'm sure would work great, but I personally use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It's definitely worth doing your own research, and it's totally understandable if you want to stay away from a semi-DIY approach, but after cleaning my stylus hundreds of times I can say that I'm happy with the results. If the record itself is clean you should be able to notice an audible difference. Hope this helps. I have not noticed any damage from dropping the stylus, however, as I'm sure you're aware, that's probably not a good habbit to form. As far as cleaning, there are multiple products available that I'm sure would work great, but I personally use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It's definitely worth doing your own research, and it's totally understandable if you want to stay away from a semi-DIY approach, but after cleaning my stylus hundreds of times I can say that I'm happy with the results. If the record itself is clean you should be able to notice an audible difference. Hope this... » Read More I have not noticed any damage from dropping the stylus, however, as I'm sure you're aware, that's probably not a good habbit to form. As far as cleaning, there are multiple products available that I'm sure would work great, but I personally use a Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It's definitely worth doing your own research, and it's totally understandable if you want to stay away from a semi-DIY approach, but after cleaning my stylus hundreds of times I can say that I'm happy with the results. If the record itself is clean you should be able to notice an audible difference. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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It's certainly not good for it, my suggestion would be to keep the tonearm lifter in the up position at all times until you're ready to lower the needle on the lp. Also, there are inexpensive dry or wet brush systems you can buy from Disc Doctor, Orotofon, or ClearAudio. Check Amazon or needledoctor.com
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Unfortunately the stylus and cartridge of this model are built in. They cannot be replaced. Hence the cheap price.
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The needle WILL be DAMAGED and UNFIXABLE if you leave the cartridge in long enough. The best way to take care of it is to just switch out each cartridge after each use, regardless of how long you used it. Trust me on this. It happened to me.
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Not sure, on all LP's? Could be Cartridge alignment as the further into the record the more distortion with misalignment or a bent stylus. Or the cartridge could be picking up noise from the motor, but I would think that would have been a problem from day one. Probably not much help, but if you changed the cart. recently this could be it.
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Try to remove and reseat your pick up stylus. The vocal content of a record is likely in mono, while the music is stereo. If the stylus isn't seated correctly it might not respond properly to the vocal content. Of course, I assume you properly removed the stylus guard which the unit ships with installed. I can't imagine you would get any pickup period if you left it in place. I was very disappointed in the unit I bought. The audio quality is such that you won't get any "thumping" bass from the unit. It only has two watts per channel and sounds like a 50's vintage table radio
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I haven't had that happen to me. You may have damaged something, on the cartridge, I mean. Sorry. I have had good luck with all of mine so far.
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take out the cartridge and put in dishwasher..then on the cover there are directions on hot to run the fan to help dry it if your putting it back in wet.
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Unfortunately, the white on mine has gotten somewhat dirty (I also got a pen mark on it which I could only partly get out right away). I haven't tried to clean it yet, but it seems like it's going to require the old magic eraser if there's any hope of really getting it clean. The pink hard plastic is still very clean, however -- might be wise to get a darker color in the silicon.
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It's probably the drum that needs to be cleaned. Every printer is different so you may want to ask a repair shop or Yahoo/Google it on how to do it? Edit: You also have to clean the "corona wire" on the cartridge, just slide the tab across the wire several times, every time you replace the cartridge or when streaks happen from what i've read also.
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I have had mine over a year no problems until I let the cartridge run a little to long without changing. It does use cartridges quite fast. I know have spots and I am wondering how to ta
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Under magnification the stylus tip appears to be shiny black - not transparent or translucent as would be expected of a fine diamond. Hence by deduction the stylus is synthetic. Not sure what a TTUSB (USB turntable?). The cartridge should work on any turntable to which it can mounted. Note that this is a 'throwaway' cartridge at $32 USD (Amazon). There is no stylus replacement for it. Also note that the cartridge's weight can be reduced by about 1/2 (to about 2.5 gm) by removing the metal weight installed on the mounting surface. This fact is to be found in Ortophon documents (which are now obsolete). Caveat Emptor!
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the stylus glides perfectly, the only issue i have found is on occasion the words do skip. Still trying to figure out what i'm doing to make it skip.
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Just put It into Pen cavity, narrow tip first. The pen will puncture cartridge. Carefully press firmly. Walah! You are done.
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I don't know how bad, bad really is Joseph. Notice there is an o-ring in the back of the cartridge. Maybe that's the problem. Perhaps if you took a smidgen of some kind of light oil on it that might help.
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I don't know about the stylus for sure, but the player works great for any records we've played on it.
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Yes you can get a replacement stylus, but I have found them to be quite expensive. Almost as pricey as a new cartridge.
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You may have to remove the cartridge ant take off any protective film etc. There is an instruction manual. However, you may also have got a used cartridge from your seller. You may want to search online for the product support telephone number and they may better assist you.