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RE: Are these two Stanton styli safe to use on styrene?

Posted by cactuscowboy@bresnan.net (A) on December 7, 2015 at 21:49:47

In Reply to: Are these two Stanton styli safe to use on styrene? posted by Damián on December 5, 2015 at 05:27:16:

I have no way to measure wear and it's really not big a concern as I have a large collection of 45s. I simply don't play any one record enough to wear it out.

My favorite setup for older mono 45s is either an Ortofon Concorde or OM body with a D25M tip. This is a 1.1 mil conical which I track at 3.0 grams VTF. Wonderful results, I really like this setup. I have read (on the internet FWIW) that one should not use fine line or Shibata styli on styrene 45s. I don't know if there's anything to that, but I'm happy enough with the conical and I can't discern any undue wear using it.

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