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Sep 25, 2014 - 11:40 AM
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Rozsaphile
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Old timers remember the drill. The stylus (the mounted industrial diamond that made contact with the grooves of the old gramophone/phonograph record) would wear out after some 300-500 hours. Since those records were exceedingly fragile, you had to be careful to replace your stylus if you didn't want it to start gouging the treble frequencies from your valuable record grooves. So you would take it to a dealer, who would examine the thing through a microscope and maybe let you have a look. And you trusted the dealer's advice when he said it was time for a replacement. I used to do this every couple of years or so.
I guess I've pulled a Rip Van Winkle, for I just realized that I hadn't replaced my stylus since 1986! Not playing LPs very often, and with my most valuable records safely archived or superseded, the replacement issue just didn't seem important. Anyway, my cartridge (the onetime classic Shure V-15 Type V) is no longer made, and I don't see much point in searching out some mothballed item on Ebay. Lots of cartridges are made today, though some of them are aimed at the Looney Tunes phonographic cultists. How about the Clearaudio Goldfinger Statement for $15,000? I suppose I would need a better turntable for ideal results. Doubtless the Continuum Audio Labs Caliburn would do the job. Its $200,000 price tag is a trifle steep, but they generously include a tonearm in the package. (I am NOT making this stuff up. )
Anybody have a practical recommendation?
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In a similar situation I got a Sure M97XE from Amazon and worked fine for less than 100 dollars.
But check your stylus, if you don't use it much can last a very long time.
Another thought, I've never had an LP ruined by a mildly worn stylus.
Alex
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