Diamonds are not forever
Another thread reminded me of a well-researched article by my friend Mike Bodell on stylus wear and stylus life published earlier this year at The Vinyl Press.
If you care about sonics and, most importantly, about preserving your record collection, it's worth a look. The Finish Line for Your Phonograph Stylus… |
Thanks for the article tima. I have read several but not as in-depth as that one.
Makes you think twice about spending long on cartridges. Some opinions suggest retipping is no guarantee of SQ versus the original design. It is challenging to hear firm degradation of your playback, especially when playing used records and even new ones since pressing vinyl isn’t what it used to be I have found. Some are noisy and some are dead quiet. Jerry |
good read, thanks ..... :thumbsup:
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Thanks!
This information reassures the importance of precision, cleaning and keeping track of hours to assess. |
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Interesting reading and I appreciate you posting this. I’ve addressed the possibility/probability of excessive wear on my current cartridge by ordering a new cart. But you can read about that in the other thread. Best regards, Steve |
Diamonds are not forever
Thanks Tim. I’ve been playing records for 50+ years and never thought to put a simple counter next to the TT to track playing time.
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What will you do with the Dyna? Rotate it through from time to time? 2nd TT? |
Dang, can you guys imagine replacing a $15,000 cart after only 500 hours? Or even a $5000 cart? I don't even like the idea of doing it with a $500 cart...lol. It certainly makes me lose desire to upgrade my vinyl set up. That's some seriously expensive per hour play...
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Still...2 large is not chickenfeed. |
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And after how many hours was that? |
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