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By PRACTICAL I simply mean: Can you hear the difference?

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Mel

In Reply to: RE: How Important is Stylus Shape? posted by Mel on February 01, 2016 at 08:45:25

Keeping in mind that there are all sorts of other difficulties when playing passages close to the label. Cartridge tracking, for one.

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RE: By PRACTICAL I simply mean: Can you hear the difference? - Crazy Dave 14:48:21 02/02/16 (0)
You can definitely hear the differences, but which one you like is a different story. I used a Talisman S on an Oracle Prelude tonearm. With the ruby cantilever and a shibata stylus, it sounded great. However, I got tired of having to adjust VTA on every record and eventually went back to elipiticals. I have messed around with Denon 103's and like the sound. 103's have a conical stylus. Bob Fulton though that the conical stylus was the best and was fond of the Shure V15-IIIG. It is hard to give definitive rules. Try and see what you like.

Dave
It is VERY important. I can hear the difference, too. - Jian 20:37:04 02/01/16 (0)
I can not only hear the difference of the shape of stylus, but also can hear the difference of the material of cantilever.
I can hear the difference. - olddude55 13:50:13 02/01/16 (0)
I'm currently using a V15III with a JICO SAS stylus in my main deck. I've also used cartridges with line-contact, elliptical, Gyger, and conical styli in the same deck.
I much prefer the SAS-type microridge, with Shibata a close second. I don't hear high frequencies as well as I did twenty years ago and I need a system that can pull more detail from the grooves. SAS is best at that.
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