I am a bit worried as my stylus is picking up a lot of fluff when I am playing records. When I pick up and roll the fluff with my fingers, it is black (yes, my hands are clean).
This had lead me to think that my stylus is worn or chipped and was scraping off the vinyl in the groove wall, so therefore I brought a brand new stylus. However, my brand new stylus is also picking up a lot of black fluff.
I am rather concerned and would like to know if the fluff is actually chiseled vinyl or just plain old dust.
The picture shows the black fluff on my new stylus.
Wayne Parham Messages: 18678 Registered: January 2001
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Go buy a record at a used record store. Play it on your turntable and see if you still get this black debris. If not, there is something about your environment or cleaning system that is making this, and your needle is picking it up. If so, then I'd be concerned the turntable is causing it and the next step would be to find out why. It can't hurt to check tracking weight and other settings too.
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