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Not much new happening in the music room at the moment but I did have a session listening to a range of 2M Black stylus after my new 2M suspension collapsed.
I went back to my FGS 2M Black stylus and to be frank I was underwhelmed, it did not have any verve or dynamic impact and sounded a bit dull compared to the standard stylus. I have a worn (800-1000 Hour) stylus which I use as a back up and it sounds very good indeed still with plenty of detail and no discernible distortion or wear evident. Actually sounded great.

I had a play with the digital set up and a small HRT DAC which actually sounded very good until my digital boredom threshold kicked in. Always interesting to try something new though.

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I have not really been listening to the system that much in recent weeks as I have a new toy to play with. Recently my beautiful SONY OLED TV decided to throw up a screen malfunction where a row of pixels turned bright green and were permanently displayed on the screen. John Lewis sent out an engineer and the TV was condemned as it would have required screen replacement which was 90% cost of the TV so that was the end of my SONY. I have always bought SONY TVs as they have always been great up until now. This TV failed after 20 months! I have other TVs from SONY that are still going after 15years!

So decided to make a change and bought an LG OLED TV which has turned out to be a great choice. I would say the picture is actually better than the SONY now I have calibrated it and the sound is very close. I believe LG supply the OLED screens to SONY so not surprised they make a good job of their own technology. Anyway I am very chuffed with it and it was £500 cheaper than the equivalent SONY!

Music is therefore taking a bit of a back seat at the moment whilst I play with the new toy!
I'm betting you were just unlucky with your Sony telly. 20 months is piss poor. But I'm glad the LG is doing it for you. We have one, a 'C' series 55". We bought it used, 12 months old for a third of the list price, and 3 years later still as good as new.

I'm a bit curious about your comment re. the FGS 2MB, I thought they were meant to be the dog's danglies - my 2M Black needs a new stylus soon and I had considered the FGS re-tip. Maybe I should just replace with standard, which I know and like. If it ain't broke...