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In Reply to: Re: The "S" is a 103 with an elliptical stylus posted by garth on August 3, 2005 at 11:49:04:
Hi Garth,I had the stylii on both of my DL-103S changed to an extended profile line contact stylus by the Expert Stylus company.
I was aware, when I made that decision, that I was reducing the "cult status" value of the cartridges by doing so. However, this seemed like the most practical approach.
By many accounts, the Shibata was a very early design for reducing the contact dimension of the stylus in a direction tangential to the groove, but has been superseded by more modern designs.
What in particular do you think is so special about the Shibata stylus?
Also, I'd be interested to know who has started making the Shibata stylus again.
Best regards,
BK
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- Re: The "S" is a 103 with an elliptical stylus - bkearns 02:00:57 08/04/05 (2)
- Shibata - garth 07:09:39 08/04/05 (1)
- So do you have a link or contact details? - bkearns 06:07:34 08/05/05 (0)