The stylus is the single most important point of contact between your records and the rest of your hi-fi system, converting the grooves into electrical signals via your cartridge. Styluses – also known as styli or sometimes needles – wear out with use and can be damaged, which means it’s often essential to replace the stylus on your cartridge. A worn stylus is also very likely to damage your records permanently, harming the sound quality even further.
Audiophile brands including Audio-Technica, Goldring and Nagaoka offer replacement styluses for their own cartridges, while third-party brands such as Kyowa and Tonar offer other options. Replacement is a simple process of removing the old stylus and attaching the new one, taking just a few seconds to carry out but ensuring that your turntable delivers optimal performance and getting the best sound from your vinyl.
Direct stylus replacement to fit the Goldring 1042 or older models
Notes: Goldring D42 stylus is designed to fit the current Goldring 1042 phono cartridge or old model 1040, a direct replacement when your stylus is worn - saving the cost of buying a whole new cartridge. Goldring cartridges generally last many hours until the stylus needs replacing. An indication of wear is a "duller" sound.
Simply remove your current stylus by carefully pulling it away from the cartridge and replace it with the replacement.
The 1042 is a record cartridge for the audiophile who demands the ultimate sonic performance from their system, together with the convenience of a user replaceable stylus. The extended groove contact of its Gyger-S diamond gives the 1042 unsurpassed resolution of the fine groove modulations, producing an exceptionally detailed, smooth and musical sound.
The Goldring philosophy is to promote the accurate reproduction of the original recording, maintaining the creative nuances, musicality and rhythm the artist intended you to hear. The E Series is designed to capture this experience when used with all medium to high mass tonearms found on the majority of budget to medium priced turntables. This is achieved through the use of our Magnetic Duplex Technology and Goldring Expert Adjustment.
The E2 cartridge, the middle in the range, features the same spherical stylus profile as the E1 but with the additional benefit of an upgraded aluminium cantilever. This is both stiff and light weight allowing the stylus to more accurately trace medium to high frequencies offering more detail and reducing distortion and mis-tracking during loud passages.
Magnetic Duplex Technology:
All cartridges in the range feature Magnetic Duplex Technology - a 'dual magnet' generator assembly which more accurately traces the record groove providing better stereo separation and a more involving and musical sound stage.
Expert Adjustment:
The E-series cartridges have been designed to allow micro-adjustments to be made during production using a special adjustment screw. This means the cartridge can be safely installed in a typical turntable because the angle that the stylus makes with the record surface has been pre-set. The result is an optimised channel balance with zero degrees of horizontal tracking adjustment required. This ensures a consistent and reassuring performance for the life of the product.
Stylus/Cantilever:
Featuring spherical styli with a choice of cantilevers, the E1 and E2 models are ideal as an upgrade to any budget, pre-fitted or obsolete cartridge.
The E3 model with its refined super elliptical stylus is a worthwhile upgrade for those wishing to squeeze even more information and detail from the record groove.
The ATN91 is also compatible stylus for CN5625AL and AT90 discontinued cartridges.
The ATN91 is also upgrade replacement styli for AT3600L.
The tracking force of AT3600L equipped with ATN91 is 2g, do not upgrade from ATN3600L to ATN91 when your tonearm does not allowed tracking force adjustment.
Direct stylus replacement to fit the Goldring 1012GX phono cartridge or older models
Notes: Goldring D12GX stylus is designed to fit the current Goldring 1012GX phono cartridge or old model 1010 or 1012, a direct replacement when your stylus is worn - saving the cost of buying a whole new cartridge. Goldring cartridges generally last many hours until the stylus needs replacing. An indication of wear is a "duller" sound.
Simply remove your current stylus by carefully pulling it away from the cartridge and replace it with the replacement.
The Goldring 1012GX record cartridge uses the acclaimed Gyger-2 diamond stylus. This is a fine-line type which gives smooth extended high frequencies, low distortion and reproduces a highly detailed and dynamic sound. Advanced diamond tip polishing ensures excellent tracking ability and reduces record wear. The 1012GX represents outstanding value for money and has become one of Goldring's most popular cartridges.
Direct stylus replacement to fit the Goldring 1022GX phono cartridge or older models
Notes: Goldring D22GX stylus is designed to fit the current Goldring 1022GX phono cartridge or old model 1020 or 1022, a direct replacement when your stylus is worn - saving the cost of buying a whole new cartridge. Goldring cartridges generally last many hours until the stylus needs replacing. An indication of wear is a "duller" sound.
Simply remove your current stylus by carefully pulling it away from the cartridge and replace it with the replacement.
The 1022GX record cartridge is recommended for the discerning listener. The diamond stylus is a Vital PH type, which provides increased resolution and ensures the maximum accuracy of musical reproduction.
Hi-fi nude elleiptical stylus for the Goldring E4 Cartridge.
Notes: 'Nude' super-elliptical stylus of just 7.6 x 18 microns (0.3 x 0.7 mil), cut and polished from a single homogeneous piece of diamond. This makes for a lower effective tip mass of improved rigidity, which in turn means its ability to retrieve high-frequency detail is dramatically improved when compared to the 'bonded' elliptical stylus alternative. It's far less likely to 'mis-track' or overshoot when tracing high-frequency groove modulations, and because of its finely polished 7.6-micron profile it can more effectively fit into closely packed inner grooves. Lowerdistortion, improved transient response and a flat frequency response all contribute to superior fidelity when compared to any price-comparable alternative.
Technical specifications
Frequency Range 20 Hz - 20 kHz
Channel Balance < 1.5 dB @ 1 kHz
Channel Separation > 20 dB @ 1 kHz
Sensitivity 3.5 mV (1 kHz @ 5 cm/s)
Static Compliance 20 mm/N
Vertical Tracking Angle 20-
Stylus Radius 7.6 micron (0.3 x 0.7 mil)
Stylus Type Nude eliptical
Load Resistance 47 kO
Load Capacitance 100- 200 pF
Internal Inductance 400 mH
Internal Resistance 410 O
Cartridge Mass 6.9 g
Fixing Centre 12.7 mm (0.5 in)
Playing Weight 1.5 - 2.5 g (1.75 g recommended)
Notes: Replacement stylus for Audio-Technica’s AT91R cartridge. Incorporates a bonded conical stylus tip and an aluminium alloy tube cantilever for the pick-up of subtle details.
0.6 mil conical replacement stylus for these cartridges: AT91R and CN5625AL
VMN70SP Replacement stylus for VM670SP. Conical (3mil) stylus, Nude Rectangular Shank construction in grey
Features
Even the finest diamond stylus becomes worn after an extended period of play.The styli in our VM cartridges are no different. But it is easy to replace the stylus and continue to use your cartridge. Our renewed VM cartridges have 7 styli and 3 types of bodies to choose from. Not only is it not necessary to buy an entirely new cartridge, but you can also enjoy the experience of upgrading your stylus or trying a new cartridge/stylus combination.
Notes: This is is the Nagaoka replacement stylus G JN03D for DJ-03HD
It is a replacement needle compatible with the DJ stereo cartridge DJ-03HD which is popular not only for DJ applications but also for recording applications.
Specifications
Compatibility: Scratch compatible, heavy stylus pressure, high output type
Output voltage: 6mV (5cm /SEC)
Frequency Characteristics: 20Hz ~ 20KHz
Channel separation: 20dB (1KHz)
Channel balance: 1.5 dB or less
Load resistance: 47KO
Load capacity: 100pF
Cantilever: Aluminum alloy
Needle tip: 0.6mil Conical / bonded diamond
Appropriate stylus pressure: 3-5g
Cartridge weight: 5.1g
Self-weight with head shell: 15.1g
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