Replaced my Worn DLE Stylus Exactly
I bought a Pickering TLE cart c.1995 for maybe $40. I put very few hours on it before it went into storage. About 20 years later I assembled a retro stereo system and placed the cart and tip back in service. After some wear time I thought about replacement, was shocked to see what basic carts cost, here in the future. First I needed a stylus for an inherited Empire OP4, and that was a turntableneedles test purchase, got that in service first. That worked great. Then I grabbed a new AT95 conical, open-market, not too bad at all. This told me my ears could still hear differences, so the ole Pick was up next. The Bliss-type Needle-610-DLE was a perfect replacement and it put the Pickering back at the top of my little new-used collection. Sounds great, big difference from the old, now trying to track my stylus wear a little better. I decided to make turntableneedles my preferred one-stop for everything, mainly because they have everything. Besides the DLE-type stylus I grabbed some new connector wire jumpers (my tonearm wires are ok at this time), a handful of head shells, and found I can pretty quickly roll the assemblies in and out of the tonearm for playing around, to see what I can hear. No hi-grade audiophile here, only a professional musician about 3 lifetimes ago. Now back to doing electronic and mech repair on instruments and stereo gear. (my own) What's next? The reel-to-reel pinch rollers and cassette tires on my other stuff, from turntableneedles of course, who has everything. This greatly simplifies things for me, and I get to spend less time searching and more time listening and doing. (PS, you might try to view your old stylus through a USB-WiFi microscope, if you can take the horror scene! You will want a new stylus fast! And if you have a Pick TLE with a DLE in it, this 610 is what you want next.)
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Reviewed by: Larry W from Saint-Louie USA.
on 9/14/2020
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