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Replacement Stylus For Audio-Technica ATN120E ATN130E AT120E 208-DE Turntable Cartridge LP Vinyl Pickup Phonograph Accessories

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  • Replaceable model number Cartridge Stylus:CARTRIDGES: For-AUDIO TECHNICA CARTRIDGES: AT-120E AT120E AT-120E AT103 AT115 AT120E ATN-120E ATN120E AT125E AT125LC AT130 AT130E AT135 AT140LC AT155LC AT150E AT160ML AT430
  • For-FILDELITONE CARTRIDGES: 165E-843 165E843; For-HITACHI CARTRIDGES: MT-17 MT17
  • For-SHARP CARTRIDGES: C-12 SIGNET TK5EA.; For-MANY OTHERS. For-EVG PM2301DE
  • NEEDLES: For-ASTATIC N1696; For-AUDIO TECHNICA ATN-120E, ATN-130E, ATN-125LC, ATN-135E, ATN-140LC, ATN-140ML, ATN-150E, ATN-155LC, ATN-160ML, ATN-430E
  • For-PFANSTIEHL 208-DE, 208-DEM, 4208-DE EV PM2301DE; For-HITACHI DS-ST17 DSST17, For-RECOTON 163E-950 163E950 165E-952 165E952 172S-970 172S970



Product Description

Welcome to your presence!

stylus needle for turntable

PLEASE NOTE: Make sure the needle that you are buying looks exactly like the one you are replacing. If the cartridge has been changed, the references to model numbers would no longer be valid.

Condition: New

Included: Stylus (as pictured)

Notes: Item will ship within 1 business day (Monday-Friday excluding holidays) of payment. This item is made to meet or exceed manufacturer specifications and is guaranteed to work/fit properly.

Stylus

How to replace a stylus

Please note: Firstly lock the turntable tone arm, unscrew the cartridge, gently remove the stylus from the cartridge and insert a new stylus. A stylus is changed usually by pulling straight out and in the opposite direction of the turntable's arm. If the stylus doesn't come with directions, try these: with one hand, hold the cartridge to steady it. With the other hand, using a pair of tweezers, grasp the stylus from both sides and pull. Install the new stylus: holding the stylus from the top, press it gently into the space at the tip of the cartridge where the old stylus had been. Don't force it.

Stylus

Proper care comprises the following:

Cleaning of record by means of carbon fibre brush before and after every use. Cleaning of record by using record cleaning machine once in a while.

Cleaning of stylus by means of a fine antistatic brush. Please remember to remove dust from the diamond tip before and after playback of each record. Use the brush in the forward direction from the rear of the cartridge towards the stylus tip and never from stylus tip to the rear of the cartridge and never from side to side.

Proper adjustment of antiskating, azimuth and tracking force.

Stylus

Spherical vs Ellpitical

The physical difference between a spherical and elliptical stylus is the shape of the diamond.

An elliptical diamond allows for more detailed sound quality, as it fits better within the groove and therefore has more contact area with the groove itself. Elliptical diamonds penetrate the groove walls further, extracting more intricate detail, especially in the high end, than is possible with a spherical diamond. It is commonly misrepresented that elliptical styli cause more wear than spherical styli.

In fact, spherical styli, since they have a smaller contact area and more pressure, cause more immediate wear than elliptical styli, but in a smaller area of the groove itself. Elliptical styli, since they have more weight distribution amongst a larger contact area, will wear the groove slower, but will wear more of the groove over repeated backcueing.


Jim Elliott
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2025
easy fix
Kindle Customer
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2024
I didn't want to spend a lot on a new stylus since the turntable had been in storage a number of years. It works perfectly. My ears are probably not good enough to tell the difference in this one and the ones that cost several hundred dollars.