The stylus is the single most important point of contact between your records and the rest of your hi-fi system, converting the grooves into electrical signals via your cartridge. Styluses – also known as styli or sometimes needles – wear out with use and can be damaged, which means it’s often essential to replace the stylus on your cartridge. A worn stylus is also very likely to damage your records permanently, harming the sound quality even further.
Audiophile brands including Audio-Technica, Goldring and Nagaoka offer replacement styluses for their own cartridges, while third-party brands such as Kyowa and Tonar offer other options. Replacement is a simple process of removing the old stylus and attaching the new one, taking just a few seconds to carry out but ensuring that your turntable delivers optimal performance and getting the best sound from your vinyl.
Direct stylus replacement to fit the Goldring 1042 or older models
Notes: Goldring D42 stylus is designed to fit the current Goldring 1042 phono cartridge or old model 1040, a direct replacement when your stylus is worn - saving the cost of buying a whole new cartridge. Goldring cartridges generally last many hours until the stylus needs replacing. An indication of wear is a "duller" sound.
Simply remove your current stylus by carefully pulling it away from the cartridge and replace it with the replacement.
The 1042 is a record cartridge for the audiophile who demands the ultimate sonic performance from their system, together with the convenience of a user replaceable stylus. The extended groove contact of its Gyger-S diamond gives the 1042 unsurpassed resolution of the fine groove modulations, producing an exceptionally detailed, smooth and musical sound.
The ATN91 is also compatible stylus for CN5625AL and AT90 discontinued cartridges.
The ATN91 is also upgrade replacement styli for AT3600L.
The tracking force of AT3600L equipped with ATN91 is 2g, do not upgrade from ATN3600L to ATN91 when your tonearm does not allowed tracking force adjustment.
Direct stylus replacement to fit the Goldring 1012GX phono cartridge or older models
Notes: Goldring D12GX stylus is designed to fit the current Goldring 1012GX phono cartridge or old model 1010 or 1012, a direct replacement when your stylus is worn - saving the cost of buying a whole new cartridge. Goldring cartridges generally last many hours until the stylus needs replacing. An indication of wear is a "duller" sound.
Simply remove your current stylus by carefully pulling it away from the cartridge and replace it with the replacement.
The Goldring 1012GX record cartridge uses the acclaimed Gyger-2 diamond stylus. This is a fine-line type which gives smooth extended high frequencies, low distortion and reproduces a highly detailed and dynamic sound. Advanced diamond tip polishing ensures excellent tracking ability and reduces record wear. The 1012GX represents outstanding value for money and has become one of Goldring's most popular cartridges.
Replacement stylus designed to fit the current Goldring 1006 phono cartridge
Notes: Goldring D06 stylus is designed to fit the current Goldring 1006 phono cartridge, a direct replacement when your stylus is worn - saving the cost of buying a whole new cartridge. Goldring cartridges generally last many hours until the stylus needs replacing. An indication of wear is a "duller" sound.
Notes: AT-VMN95E VM95 series Elliptical replacement stylus - Aluminium Cantilever, Elliptical stylus and Bonded Round Shank
AT-VMN95E
VM95 series Elliptical replacement stylus
Aluminium cantilever
Elliptical stylus
Bonded Round Shank
VM95 Series - Styli compatibility
Every cartridge diamond stylus becomes worn after a period of play.
Around 500 hours for a conical stylus, 300 hours for an Elliptical stylus, 1000 hours for a Microlinear stylus, and 800 hours for a Shibata stylus.
This VM95 Series dual moving magnet cartridges can be used almost forever by replacing the interchangeable stylus. It is no longer necessary to purchase a complete cartridge when your diamond is worn out, you can simply buy the matching replacement stylus, but also enjoy the experience of upgrading your cartridge with a different stylus.
The six models of VM95 Series cartridges all use the same electromagnetic engine-body, therefore each of the six replacement styli are perfectly compatible.
Elliptical diamond stylus follows the groove modulation with greater precision compared to a conical stylus, offering improved frequency and phase responses whilst reducing distortion.
Direct stylus replacement to fit the Goldring 1022GX phono cartridge or older models
Notes: Goldring D22GX stylus is designed to fit the current Goldring 1022GX phono cartridge or old model 1020 or 1022, a direct replacement when your stylus is worn - saving the cost of buying a whole new cartridge. Goldring cartridges generally last many hours until the stylus needs replacing. An indication of wear is a "duller" sound.
Simply remove your current stylus by carefully pulling it away from the cartridge and replace it with the replacement.
The 1022GX record cartridge is recommended for the discerning listener. The diamond stylus is a Vital PH type, which provides increased resolution and ensures the maximum accuracy of musical reproduction.
Notes: Replacement stylus for Audio-Technica’s AT91R cartridge. Incorporates a bonded conical stylus tip and an aluminium alloy tube cantilever for the pick-up of subtle details.
0.6 mil conical replacement stylus for these cartridges: AT91R and CN5625AL
Notes: All Prestige series styli are compatible; any of these styli will work in any Prestige body. All the Styli; Green, Black, Red, Blue & Silver Styli. The performance difference translates into real sonic improvements; as you move up the Prestige line, the sound becomes smoother, more open and more detailed.
Genuine replacement styli for all Grado Prestige cartridges including black, green, blue, red, silver and gold
A worn stylus can cause serious (irreversible) damage to your records, and provide poor sound quality
Notes: All Prestige series styli are compatible; any of these styli will work in any Prestige body. All the Styli; Green, Black, Red, Blue & Silver Styli. The performance difference translates into real sonic improvements; as you move up the Prestige line, the sound becomes smoother, more open and more detailed.
Genuine replacement styli for all Grado Prestige cartridges including black, green, blue, red, silver and gold
A worn stylus can cause serious (irreversible) damage to your records, and provide poor sound quality
Notes: The Green3 uses a three piece OTL cantilever that has a Grado specific diamond mounted on a brass bushing.
What's the difference between Black3 and Green3?
Approximately 15% of the Black3 production run meet higher specifications. These are hand selected from the batch and designated as Green3.
Grado's OTL, or optimized transmission line, technology provides an ideal transfer of signal from the surface of the LP to the generator of the system. This technology rejects unwanted resonances and lowers distortion preserving the fundamental and harmonic frequencies of the music. This also helps keep noise generated by the motor system in the cartridge to a minimum.
Grado's OTL stylus/cantilever design makes records sound quieter, improves the height, width, and depth of the soundstage, and present more detail than previously obtainable.
The Green3 is hand assembled by Grado's team in Brooklyn, with some builders having over 25 years of experience. This updated series of cartridges offers excellent tonal balance, dynamics, and realism, for a most rewarding reproduction of vocals and instruments. The coil winding techniques using ultra high purity copper wire, which were honed during the development of the Lineage Series, have let the electrical circuits achieve unison between the four coils in each phono cartridge. This allows for a precise balance between channels and accurate stereo imaging.
As in all Grado phono cartridges the Green3 is powered by a twin magnet system that optimizes the balance between stereo channels. All internal magnetic circuit parts are held to extremely high tolerances creating the desired stereo imaging. Grado's patented Flux-Bridger design allows the Green3 to have one of the lowest effective moving mass generating systems while creating an excellent balance throughout the full frequency range.
Specifications:
Frequency Response: 10-55,000 Hz
Principal: MI
Channel Separation at 1KHz: 30
Input Load: 47K
Output at 1KHz 5CM/sec.: 5mV
Recommended Tracking Force: 1.5
Stylus Type: E
Inductance: 45mH
Resistance: 475
Compliance CUs: 20
User replaceable stylus
Mounting: S/P
Weight: 5.5g
Notes: All Prestige series styli are compatible; any of these styli will work in any Prestige body. All the Styli; Green, Black, Red, Blue & Silver Styli. The performance difference translates into real sonic improvements; as you move up the Prestige line, the sound becomes smoother, more open and more detailed.
Genuine replacement styli for all Grado Prestige cartridges including black, green, blue, red, silver and gold
A worn stylus can cause serious (irreversible) damage to your records, and provide poor sound quality
VMN70SP Replacement stylus for VM670SP. Conical (3mil) stylus, Nude Rectangular Shank construction in grey
Features
Even the finest diamond stylus becomes worn after an extended period of play.The styli in our VM cartridges are no different. But it is easy to replace the stylus and continue to use your cartridge. Our renewed VM cartridges have 7 styli and 3 types of bodies to choose from. Not only is it not necessary to buy an entirely new cartridge, but you can also enjoy the experience of upgrading your stylus or trying a new cartridge/stylus combination.
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