Skyanalog 3D Reference - MC Cartridge

I just read several reviews. They all state that Skyanalog was making cartridges for other brands for 20 years prior to 2019, when the Skyanalog brand was introduced. None of the reviewers knew exactly what brands bought product from Skyanalog. One said it was a “secret”. Indeed, the Skyanalog website makes the same claim without naming names, and reviewers may merely be quoting the website. One mentioned their novel damper material, Yan rubber. Best to just judge the Skyanalog cartridges on merit.

Lew thanks! I asked for a simple reason, and that is if I were familiar with the OEMed cartridges and did not care for them there would be no need in pursuing the marque. But what I am getting from you is that the source of the info is Skyanalog's advertising, which is just fine, as it has to come from somewhere.

"Despite localised temperatures potentially approaching the softening point of vinyl, the heat dissipates instantly through the record mass and the highly thermally conductive diamond tip, preventing permanent melting of the Vinyl modulus.

Loss of modulus form caused by the Vinyl melting will result in damaged Vinyl and adulterated Source Data."

It's a  wonder a "chill LP before playing" thread hasn't  been started years ago.🤣🤣🤣

The alternative is to play only music that is chill.

In my opinion, the algebraic method of taking the contact patch size of an advanced stylus and the VTF and from that calculating a pressure on the vinyl  in term of square feet or square meters is misleading, so far as the result tells you anything about the wear or the heat build up in vinyl due to the stylus.