Cartridge find Audio Technica AT155LC - any good?

Regards.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDIO-TECHNICA-AT-155-LC-SHIBATA-CARTRIDGE-/121068981605?pt=US_Record_Player_Turntable_Parts&hash=item1c30460d65

Hmm.

Peace,

I would be curious about these replacement stylus.As far as I know they been out of production for quite some time, and I am not aware of any cartridges that use beryllium anymore.Also, industrial standards mandate strict handling procedures when working with beryllium.

I recently purchased a "NOS" AT155LC replacement stylus from one of the online retailers (not ebay) and found through macro photo analysis that it is the genuine article. Definitely a Shibata Linear Contact needle tip. So there are still genuine stylus replacements available. I linked the pictures I took below.

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I thought if I attached markup tags they would work in here. I was wrong! The links to the pics are below. Just copy and paste in your browser.

http://i1313.photobucket.com/albums/t546/footsurg/AT155LC2_zps56076300.jpg

http://i1313.photobucket.com/albums/t546/footsurg/AT155LC1_zpsc54f5330.jpg

I have had one since 1984 still works great despite frequent use.  Sound is quite excellent compared to my other cartridges (Shure V15, Ortofon OM10) seems to have a very crisp sound.  I kind of suspect Audio-Technica "tweaked" the electrical characteristics to make this cartridge sound "brighter" but I"m OK with that!  No problems with durability or materials degradation (especially the elastomer stylus bearing). I like the light tracking force 1.4 grams it's easy on my precious old one-of-a-kind vinyl records.  From what I can remember from when I selected it, i is a high compliance cartridge so it's not suitable for linear tracking turntables, only pivoting arm conventional ones.