I am a big fan of Ortofon's Replicant 100 stylus. My Cadenza Bronze has that stylus and upon first hearing it I was pleased with its SQ but also pleasantly surprised with how much quieter older LPs sounded.
Replicant 100 stylus
My ''general statement'' that styli are produced by either Ogura or Namiki
may need correction.
Some friends of my ''discovered'' that Replicant (Ortofon), Decca and
''Expert stylus'' are the same. As is/was the case with Gyger and
Van den Hul. Van den Hul designed Gyeger I, II and S (?) but
Gyger produced them. This was obviously kept secret for commercial
reasons.
My assertion is that Expert stylus (Paratrace) provide them to the
other mentioned.
Is anybody capable to check this information?