United States bought this(Even a good diamond stylus wears out after a while – conical needles after about 500 hours elliptical after 300 hours microlinear needles after 1000 hours and Shibata needles after around 800 hours. For this reason Audio-Technica has designed its VM95 series dual-moving-magnet cartridges so that the styli can be interchanged and the cartridge itself can be used almost indefinitely. So if the stylus wears out you don’t need to buy a new cartridge just the right replacement stylus – or you can upgrade your system with another higher-quality stylus.
