Ortofon claims 600 to 1000 hours, this may be optimistic. - viridian

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Topic - How many hours can one expect from a new cartridge - jaiello 04:32:49 04/28/07 (32)

Re: How many hours can one expect from a new cartridge - Sherlock 09:18:30 04/28/07 (1)

based on... - analog guy 10:18:55 04/28/07 (0)

What is the Minimum Magnification You Need to See Wear? n/t - Mel 08:52:49 04/28/07 (3)

Pick up a cheap school microscope... - Howard K 15:54:04 04/28/07 (0)

Shure recommends 200x - goofytwoshoes 11:23:00 04/28/07 (0)

150 to 200x but - anumber1 10:03:41 04/28/07 (0)

Do you have a cleaning lady? - Ivan303 07:58:14 04/28/07 (2)

LOL....Hasn't happened to me yet .... Knock on wood NT - tubesforever 08:18:08 04/28/07 (0)

Friends don't let firends cue drunk. - Daverz 08:15:41 04/28/07 (0)

That depends upon how much sonic degradation you can live with,,, - Ray-o-Stat 07:42:13 04/28/07 (0)

Re: How many hours can one expect from a new cartridge - Munkie_NL 07:22:37 04/28/07 (0)

the 'cartridge' might be indefinitly but the stylus ... - OMalley 07:08:09 04/28/07 (1)

Re: the 'cartridge' might be indefinitly but the stylus ... - CBT 11:15:11 04/28/07 (0)

I've bveen told a completely different story and confusing at that. - Spun1 07:05:05 04/28/07 (0)

Anywhere from 800 or so for a conical to 2000+ for a - HenryH 05:22:09 04/28/07 (0)

I think you should get at least 1000 hours out of any diamond stylus.... - John Elison 05:09:45 04/28/07 (16)

Hey john, 1000 hrs does not sound much - Olly 05:18:52 04/28/07 (15)

Ortofon claims 600 to 1000 hours, this may be optimistic. - viridian 15:01:27 05/01/07 (0)

I said "at least" 1000 hours. Jonathan Carr claims 2500 hours for some of his styli. (nt) - John Elison 05:30:05 04/28/07 (0)

Olly, with a clean stylus platying clean LPs, you should get - HenryH 05:24:54 04/28/07 (12)

the manufacturer of the magic diamond - analog guy 09:55:18 04/28/07 (5)

Disagree strongly with his claim. There IS an effect. /nt\ - HenryH 10:06:42 04/28/07 (4)

another manufacturer... - analog guy 10:16:27 04/28/07 (3)

Just common sense. True, the diamond is harder than - HenryH 10:25:39 04/28/07 (2)

it could be... - analog guy 10:44:22 04/28/07 (1)

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

Thanks Henry, as I am not familiar with stylus life and - Olly 05:30:33 04/28/07 (5)

Not veiled at all. I venture to say a vast majority of us have - HenryH 05:38:49 04/28/07 (4)

Touche'. I couldn't agree with you more Just that some of us pay a lot less to get the same results - Olly 06:26:51 04/28/07 (3)

Now why do you have to go do that... - anumber1 06:42:18 04/28/07 (2)

Pity you don't have the same sense of humour that Henry and I were displaying here - Olly 07:06:42 04/28/07 (1)

Yeah (dripping with sarcasm)... - anumber1 07:14:02 04/28/07 (0)

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Ortofon claims 600 to 1000 hours, this may be optimistic. - viridian 15:01:27 05/01/07 (0)