emaidel
05-30-2008, 04:21 AM
When I purchased my CS-5000 turntable almost a year ago, I was experiencing intermittent hum in the right channel, especially on one of the two supplied headshells.
When I wrote about that here, a few members suggested using DeoxIT to clean all the connections.
The hum went away, but occasionally came back, and the second headshell was all but useless, always leaving only a hum in the right channel with no signal at all. So, I finally looked up DeoxIT online, and ordered a small bottle. I have to say, this stuff works!
I remember "Tuner Cleaner" from many years back. Although tuner cleaner never claimed to "chemically improve conductivity" as does DeoxIT, it effective cleaned away a lot of crap from corroded items, and left no residue in the process. DeoxIT, on the other hand, makes quite a mess, which surprised me. It was almost like spraying the headshell's end, and the tonearm innards with WD-40!
Still, it works, and there's no hum whatsoever with either of the two headshells, and, I have to admit, there seems to be a somewhat cleaner sound as a result of using the stuff, though that difference is quite small. So, I"m asking other members who've used it, how did you clean up the mess it makes? Is there a spray-on denatured alcohol that can be used?
Any and all comments would be most welcome.
When I wrote about that here, a few members suggested using DeoxIT to clean all the connections.
The hum went away, but occasionally came back, and the second headshell was all but useless, always leaving only a hum in the right channel with no signal at all. So, I finally looked up DeoxIT online, and ordered a small bottle. I have to say, this stuff works!
I remember "Tuner Cleaner" from many years back. Although tuner cleaner never claimed to "chemically improve conductivity" as does DeoxIT, it effective cleaned away a lot of crap from corroded items, and left no residue in the process. DeoxIT, on the other hand, makes quite a mess, which surprised me. It was almost like spraying the headshell's end, and the tonearm innards with WD-40!
Still, it works, and there's no hum whatsoever with either of the two headshells, and, I have to admit, there seems to be a somewhat cleaner sound as a result of using the stuff, though that difference is quite small. So, I"m asking other members who've used it, how did you clean up the mess it makes? Is there a spray-on denatured alcohol that can be used?
Any and all comments would be most welcome.