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Thousands of Hours, Many Years R Possible...

I cannot believe that any manufacturer or seller of audio gear would try wasting their records or stylii to prove this dirt not matter point. How can they be sure that my dust and grit is cleaner than theirs ?(LOL)
I have a few vintage cartridges that have multi-thousands of hours on them ! For the last 17 years, I use an Ortofon SPU/SPE elliptical, with its step-up trannies riding tandem in the headshell ! Over 8000 hours is an (easily beat) estimation. I keep my records and stylus clean with Discwasher products, and often, simply use the Discwasher record brush dry, without fluid.
Above, someone claimed that elliptical and microridge/line contact types last longer ? I dispute that claim, as conicals make the least contact with the groove. I have more than a few, very well used 45+ year old conicals, that look clean under <80X magnification, while some of my line contact types quickly show black markings, inside the tips, albeit still very useable.
I hope that some manufacturer would step up to the plate on this cool thread. Diamonds can be forever...


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  • Thousands of Hours, Many Years R Possible... - Interstage Tranny 12:31:31 04/28/07 (0)


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