I just wrecked my stylus with the magic eraser

afterburnt
afterburnt Posts: 7,892
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Well since I am half blind with no glasses I thought that I had lifted the tone arm off of the eraser, but nooooooo! Swung it over and the stylus bent over 45 degrees out of place. I bent it back but it is still off center. So what should I replace it with? Amazon has the stylus for 32 bucks, the whole damned cartridge is like 39!
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  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,653
    Ouch. Thank god its a cheap fix
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    Replace the cartridge with an Ortofon red or blue, and get a real stylus brush and cleaning solution. I see your not far into your vinyl resurgance, and unfortunately you already have to upgrade the cartridge, move on up to a better one. I read in one of your threads where someone warned you not to use the magic eraser, you should of listened. Sorry to hear about your stylus.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    gudnoyez wrote: »
    Replace the cartridge with an Ortofon red or blue, and get a real stylus brush and cleaning solution. I see your not far into your vinyl resurgance, and unfortunately you already have to upgrade the cartridge, move on up to a better one. I read in one of your threads where someone warned you not to use the magic eraser, you should of listened. Sorry to hear about your stylus.

    I don't remember seeing a warning but that doesn't meant that it wasn't there. I really didn't want to go through the trouble of replacing the cartridge with all the alignment stuff but I may as well try an upgrade.

    I dont have the setup tools, any recommendations on how to install a new cartridge?
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    why not the Shure M97xE ?
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,124
    http://forum.polkaudio.com/discussion/168129/cleaning-stylus-with-mr-clean-magic-eraser

    My bad it wasn't your thread last post sums it up

    That Shure is a decent cartridge I owned one, they have been around a while lots of people use them, if you could swing for the Ortofon blue you would be a happy vinyl enthusiast.
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,086
    Oops. I have been using the Magic Eraser and it's been working great. Sorry to hear about your accident.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • aprazer402
    aprazer402 Posts: 3,149
    Afterburnt, If you want, send me a PM with your address and I'll mail you a Discwasher SC-1 stylus cleaner brush, no charge. The photo is of the actual extra brush I would send you. You can use it dry, there is also Discwasher fluid available, you used to put one drop on the brush before you would start at the rear of the stylus and pull it forward through the bristles to clean. Just offering.e10137lzqd99.jpg
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Night it did work great until I screwed up.

    Gud, do you know where to get a good price on one?
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    aprazer402, that is very kind of you to offer. I will pm you thanks!
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    I do I do :) I have one you can have! I upgraded mine and I have 1 Ortofon Red Cartridge with a still very good stylus and if you like I will included a DVD for you on how to setup a new cartridge and a alignment tool called a geo-disk from mobile fidelity

    http://www.musicdirect.com/p-7295-mobile-fidelity-geo-disc-stylus-alignment-protractor.aspx

    just let me know if interested and send me a PM and its yours!
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Night it did work great until I screwed up.

    Gud, do you know where to get a good price on one?

    Gud I mean for the red

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    You guys are great! I thought about abandoning the vinyl but now I will stay in Wonderland and I see how deep the rabbit-hole goes. lol
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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 10,716
    disappointment and heartache. Sorry to hear it. :'(
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Yeah I got home from work today and I guess I was overly exuberant to get back to my LP's and screwed the pooch.
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    I did that myself once, ripped the stylus clean off my cartridge after having just started listening to it, was putting on another record with a micro cloth as not to touch it and as I pulled the cloth away it grabbed the stylus and snapped it off. I had just changed my Red Orotofon to a blue and after that I went back to the RED I offered you.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    At least my digital stuff on the HDD is idiot proof, so far...
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    DSkip wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    At least my digital stuff on the HDD is idiot proof, so far...

    Just keep the magic magnets away from it and you should be good.

    I do have a second HDD on standby.

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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,120
    afterburnt wrote: »
    Well since I am half blind with no glasses I thought that I had lifted the tone arm off of the eraser, but nooooooo! Swung it over and the stylus bent over 45 degrees out of place. I bent it back but it is still off center. So what should I replace it with? Amazon has the stylus for 32 bucks, the whole damned cartridge is like 39!
    voltz wrote: »
    I did that myself once, ripped the stylus clean off my cartridge after having just started listening to it, was putting on another record with a micro cloth as not to touch it and as I pulled the cloth away it grabbed the stylus and snapped it off. I had just changed my Red Orotofon to a blue and after that I went back to the RED I offered you.
    LOL
    am I the only one laughing at the visuals on these mishaps? I'm laughing with you, guys, laughing with you :) glad they're not more serious.

    I've certainly had my share of accidents like this. usually accompanied by expletives.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    The older I get, the better I get at **** up lol fuzz brain
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I can still shave my head without too much blood loss
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    I found a great use for the magic erasers. I am afraid to use them again for cleaning the stylus because I don't trust myself not to wreck something again. I have the TT on a platform sitting on vibrapods which are pretty effective and I was thinking of putting some closed cell insulation under the feet of the TT since I could still feel some vibration coming through the shelf from the floor. Voilà almost perfectly isolated!
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  • msg
    msg Posts: 10,120
    DSkip wrote: »
    These still aren't as bad as tipping over a Maggie and hearing the mylar pop as it hits the ground....
    OHHHHH!!! $@%*&!

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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    Keiko for the record lol what is the safe method?
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  • leftwinger57
    leftwinger57 Posts: 2,917
    I got my hand slapped here for using what I thought was stylus brush. Oh no, it was the cleaning brush for the RCA cleaning thing. I don't use that anymore. For LPs I use Phan-Stat spray on a soft rag. For the stylus, just canned air for now. Some dudes around here use Zero Dust Onzow.


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  • jeremymarcinko
    jeremymarcinko Posts: 3,785
    I use the safe magic eraser method, seems to work well.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    I use this...
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    And this...
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  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited July 2015
    I use the Onzow zero dust also and "LAST" stylus conditioner.

    And I think the key is to touch the stylus not to rub or wipe across it.
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I found a great use for the magic erasers. I am afraid to use them again for cleaning the stylus because I don't trust myself not to wreck something again. I have the TT on a platform sitting on vibrapods which are pretty effective and I was thinking of putting some closed cell insulation under the feet of the TT since I could still feel some vibration coming through the shelf from the floor. Voilà almost perfectly isolated!
    And looks pretty spiffy too (real ghetto) lol
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  • gudnoyez
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    leftwinger57 wrote: »
    I got my hand slapped here for using what I thought was stylus brush. Oh no, it was the cleaning brush for the RCA cleaning thing

    I remember that it was the brush you use to clean the lint of the Discwasher pad, I'm surprised your stylus survived :#

    Wow Afterburnt a real awesome gesture from Daryll aka (Voltz) a Ortofon Red coming your way. Voltz you the man.
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  • StevieB
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    afterburnt wrote: »
    afterburnt wrote: »
    I found a great use for the magic erasers. I am afraid to use them again for cleaning the stylus because I don't trust myself not to wreck something again. I have the TT on a platform sitting on vibrapods which are pretty effective and I was thinking of putting some closed cell insulation under the feet of the TT since I could still feel some vibration coming through the shelf from the floor. Voilà almost perfectly isolated!
    And looks pretty spiffy too (real ghetto) lol

    Black spray paint may help.
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