NOTE: Audio Technica never made a hyperelliptical version of any part numbers above. So, this HE needle is offered as an economical high end solution to the top of the line shibata cut diamonds.
After shibata needles, hyperelliptical needles have almost the greatest contact with the record groove, better than elliptical and conical tips. 2 channel stereo or mono playback Original needle color is usually: Bone White