Why does my Sony Direct Drive Turntable have a brush on it by the needle? I think It's to keep the records clean as they are playing but not sure need advice please here is the Model Number of the turntable PS-T33

What cartridge do you have?

Some cartridges, or rather the stylus, have brushes. Yes they help keep the stylus cleaner, but the brush also can help trackability by its dampening effect.

Some A-Kers like the brushes, some remove them.

Not sure what Cartridge

It'd be a good idea to look then wouldn't it?

Or take a picture.

Not sure what Cartridge


Shure! Shure used brushes on some of thier carts.

Kinda neat in my opinion.

I've also seen separate arms with a roller and small brush at the end, not quite sure (Shure?) how it tracks, but I believe it is used to catch dust off the record before the stylus "collects" it....

Here is a picture of the cartridge

Looks like a stanton to me, if you would have looked at it you probably would have found that out.

I did look at it

But at what angle?

It appears to be a Stanton 681 series. Does it have any numbers on the side of the cartridge or the stylus body?

The brush cleans the record in front of the stylus, and also provides what is called "dynamic stabalization."

Pickering (Stanton) and Shure both used brushes. Current-issue Shure's still do.

Fred

I just took at picture of the cartridge didn't look at it from an angle