New Cartridge or New Stylus

Here ya go!

https://allforturntables.com/2023/09/08/how-many-years-does-a-stylus-last/

ok seems like a good point.  so you think it would be more of an upgrade to get this high level ViVid Line Stylus, than to move to a Sumiko Rainer or Sumiko Olympia?

What parts of the sound produced determined by the cartridge versus the stylus?

@yogiboy said another way, my hesitation on the new stylus comes from doing the same previously with the Audio Technica SS445E/U and upgrading the original nude stylus to a LP Gear Shibata style stylus.  I didn't like this presentation - it was too bright and fatiguing.  Should i be concerned that sound signature came from the finer tipped stylus?  Or was that more a characteristic of the AT cart?

I can’t say because I never owned a AT cartridge. Give it a try and return it if you don't like it! LP gear takes returns!