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From: greg@olivee.UUCP (Greg Paley)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: a possibly silly question
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Date: Mon, 30-Sep-85 12:52:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 30 12:52:20 1985
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> I see in Audio magazine's annual equipment guide that the most expensive
> phono cartridge on the market is the Kiseki Lapis Lazuli.  It costs
> $3500, and a replacement stylus is $2100.
> 
> Now, if you figure a stylus lasts at most 600 hours before it must
> be replaced, you discover that it costs $3.50 per hour to play
> records!  Wouldn't that affect your enjoyment of the music?

Probably not, if your financial situation is such that you can spend
$3500 on a cartridge in the first place.  In fact, I have a feeling that
a large percentage of those people who can afford such things have them
for the sake of having them rather than to listen to them.  In this case,
their enjoyment won't be affected at all, and it will take a long time
before they need to replace the stylus.

	- Greg Paley


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