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How long does a stylus last?

I'm thinking of buying a good cartridge; Koetsu or the like but I need to buy used to afford one.
How many hours on a cartridge is too many hours. Does this vary from brand to brand?

Thanks
stuartbranson

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elizabeth
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Eldartford: those photos of worn stylii were when the stylus was set at 5 grams+, and records were NEVER cleaned.
Now, with 1 gram to 3 gram stylus pressures, and cleaned records... (us LAST stylus preservative too...)
I can see 5,000 hours...
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