View Full Version : does this stylus look past its best to you?
what do you think ?
https://s26.postimg.org/z8pcr7dqh/Thu_May_04_20-20-54.jpg
https://s26.postimg.org/430ngprnt/Thu_May_04_20-16-07.jpg
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walpurgis
04-05-2017, 19:39
Hard to be sure, but I can't see polished areas or signs of flats on the minor radius of the diamond, so I reckon it's likely to be OK.
Going by your photos it looks OK to me. What type of stylus is it?
What we need is a photo taken fully "square on" to the front of the stylus, so any asymmetrical wear can be assessed.
its a supex sd 900 super barry,bear with me i will take a few more.:)
topoxforddoc
04-05-2017, 19:42
Jamie,
The magnification is too low to tell if this is worn. The classic Shure SEK-2 stylus microscope uses 120 x magnification to look at the stylus tip end on
http://cdn.shure.com/user_guide/upload/1506/us_pro_sek-2_ug.pdf
https://www.audiovintage.fr/leforum/viewtopic.php?t=30278
Mr Kipling
04-05-2017, 19:43
Might benefit from a shave.
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Might benefit from a shave.
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ha ha, hows this ?
https://s26.postimg.org/5lw1loy89/Thu_May_04_20-51-27.jpg
Doesn't look too bad to me.
(I never get such good results with my USB microscope. What's the secret?)
cheers,there's no secret,i always use a piece of white paper behind,other than that i just focus and snap
If i may give a guess as to how it sounds, i'd say it picks up relatively much vinyl noise and hiss?
i dont know yet as ive not put it on.
The reason of my suspicion is that it looks "narrow", i.e. quite worn.
It may also be by design, but it is very difficult to judge by pics like these. No offense meant, the pics are great but doesn't allow us to se the stylus quite as well as you would need.
Atb Mike
PS A worn stylus drops down further in the groove and is in contact with the vinyl at the very tip of the diamond, where no musical information is available. (As it is engraved in the side walls of the "V" )
Sherwood
05-05-2017, 14:32
Not sure but the hair could do with some Grecian 2000!
:)
Sherwood
05-05-2017, 14:35
...... that, or a Brazilian!
:eyebrows:
Audio Al
05-05-2017, 16:15
ha ha, hows this ?
https://s26.postimg.org/5lw1loy89/Thu_May_04_20-51-27.jpg
The right side of the diamond looks hollowed inward and the left side looks the opposite
Worn out I would say and dirty
paulf-2007
05-05-2017, 17:14
Whenever I've looked closely at any stylus it hasn't filled me with confidence to let it near my vinyl. Of course I have used them because mostly they have been new. How anyone can tell a good one from a bad one is beyond me. A cart with no stylus is the only dead give away.
Likely I have bad eyes.
Still it seems to me that the magnification needs be a LOT bigger to see wear patterns with any assurances.
That piccie, while much better than the rest is simply of inadequate /magnification resolution for purpose
Looks to have a longer than usual tip. that could be wear. it is possible it could just be its profile being overstated by the angle and magnification I guess too.
cheers peeps,it was bought as past its best,so with that in mind and your comments its off soon to dom at northwest analogue to be re-tipped. :)
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