Replacement stylus for SC-99

[carter]

The vinylium manual recommends

adamant NSH 2 (3 mil tip or bigger)

or

transco 320

apollo usa, shows:

NSH 2 has a 1 micron tip radius, so i assume the NSH 2S if preferable

regarding transco, what's the difference between the 320 320M and 320K? Whic is best for the SC-99?

and wtf with apollo not listing prices. that's just obnoxious.

[flozki]

you can use any stylus with standard neuman cone 1:20

on
http://www.apollomasters.com/products.html#transco
it says :

NSH-2 Neumann 1 micron
NSH-2S Neumann 3 micron

320 Neumann 4.2 facet width
320M Neumann 3.5 facet width
320K Neumann 3.8 facet width

i prefer the 3mi tip because the stylus is more robust with 3mil tip.
i haven used transco stylus for a long time. so ican not tell.

1mil tip gives you theoreticaly a better cut (optically) but they tend to break faster.

so the rule is the bigger the tip and the bigger the facet the more solid is the stylus. but the less high frequencies (due to stylus clamping during cutting) and the worse optical groove.

but in practice this is not a problem especially if cutting dubplates and using a kingston cutter or any other non professional lathes....

so in short:
use whatever stylus has a neumann cone.
bigger tip and bigger facets = more resistant to mechanical damage, dust ...

hope that helps

[carter]

very helpful - thanks!