Lost stylus seeking similar experience

@lewm 

The disaster was a result of a piece of foam from the external fuel tank that came loose during launch and damaged, wait for it, tiles on the leading edge of the left wing. From what I recall those vehicles shed tiles every time they took off primarily due to the extreme vibration caused by those gigantic rocket engines.

Stylus traveling nearly a mile in a groove on each side of a record? What do you think.

I recall reading that the tile that came loose only weighed 8 lbs, but combined with their traveling speed was ’enough’ for the disaster.

I have also read that the forces on an LP groove/Stylus during play are ENORMOUS. Another reason I favor light tracking.

Elliott, we are in agreement about the advantages of light tracking.  We diverge slightly on the degree of light tracking necessary to achieve the desired result.  I have records in my collection that were bought in 1960 that still sound just fine.  I also have a couple from perhaps 1969-1970, where mis-tracking due to me not understanding that too light is bad, are damaged.  Two grams is OK by me, but I know you prefer one gram.  I still have my trusty old Shure V15 Vmr, now sporting a Jico stylus that tracks at 1.0 gram.  I also have Stanton 681 and 881 that are both light trackers.  These are all good sounding cartridges to be sure.  Recently I sold my Miyajima Zero, a wonderful sounding mono cartridge, but I was afraid of the 3.5 - 4.0 gram required tracking force coupled with a conical stylus.