polskajay
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I am new to the forum and admittedly have lost touch with pulse of high-end audio. I appreciate anyone's help. I have a pair of SL3 that I bought used in prob 2007. I LOVED them initially. Now, I think they are much less involving. I know they need a cleaning. When I look closely through the holes, I can see a small dirt spot on almost every one and if I put a small cotton swab in and twist gently, it's clearly dirt. I do vacuum them pretty regularly. My question is as the title says. I just read the cleaning PDF and it scares me to try. Now, they are old, 1995. Is it worth attempting the clean? Keep them but order new stators? upgrade to a newer model? Has there been a lot of improvement in the technology that a newer model will sound appreciably better (in the same size realm). If I were to upgrade, I'd certainly want to get something out of them $$ so getting them back to as good as I can get them is a good idea anyway. Is a dirty stator enough to degrade the sound that appreciably? Help. Thanks, Jay