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From: ben@moncol.UUCP (Bennett Broder)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Phono cartridges
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Date: Fri, 17-May-85 09:30:38 EDT
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>Are Shibata (sp) cartridges just a gimmick?

No, but they are one of the older line contact designs.  This type of
stylus is supposed to be similar in shape to the one that cut the
record, giving more groove contact area and hence less record wear at
a given tracking force.  Also, as the stylus wears, the tip radius
remains relatively constant, something not true of elliptical ones.
I prefer the newest line contact shape, the micro ridge.

                                    Ben Broder
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