I'm sorry. Google "Shure phono cartridge microscope". The SEK-2 is one of them. C/PEK-3 the other.
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Here are a couple of links to those old stylus microscopes some dealers had in the 70s. Mcintosh dealers had to buy a lot of gear back then. The Wild Heerbrug was $4000 back then. That's about $17,000 in today's dollars. Audio Classics said theirs cost them $6800 dollars. I can't find what the Shure microscope cost back then. Links.[http://www.roger-russell.com/phono.htm] [http://www.shure.com/idc/groups/tech_pubs/@global_managed/documents/webcontent/us_pro_sek-2_ug.pdf] |
Sorry, try Shure link again. http://www.shure@global_managed/documents/webcontent/us_pro_sek-2_ug.pdf |
Ballpark is 1000 hours I believe. Your way over that average. It probably will be different with every setup. Tracking distortion happens in a lot of cases. Sometimes, it will show up more in the inner most track. It has been said if you have damaged grooves from one shape of stylus, using a different type of stylus shape may still sound ok as it will ride higher or lower that the damaged part of the grooves. |
I thought a typical stylus lasts about 2000 hours and it usually outlasts the suspension. Is this not case? I could be wrong as I'm going by long term memory. I looked around the net, and Shure says about 1000 hours, and people were saying 500 hours or more on VinylEngine. I think some times they used to have timers that went to 999 hours from what I can remember. They're aren't all the dealers like we had in the vinyl only days, that used to have a good microscope to check to see how it actually was worn. I wonder were those good microscopes went? They might be in storage somewhere being wasted, or in someones collections that knew better than myself. Links to what I found. http://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?t=24807 http://shure.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4135/~/stylus-wear-and-record-wear |