NOS cartridges


I've seen several older carts for sale both used and NOS. I always thought there were issues with the elastomers and other materials in an older cart even though it may have never been used, making an investment in one a chancy proposition. Is this a valid concern?
rickmac
Wouldn't it be nice if they could design a cost effective MC cartridge with user a replaceable stylus?All those little extra connections plus added mass that would be needed to do that would ruin the MC benefit.It sure would save us from shipping them back to the pro's though.♫
Could somebody please find Laura?
I haven't seen an article or heard about her in nearly 10 years or so.
Perhaps she reached her expiration date?
Hifitime, there are such cartridges.
for example Empire MC-5. Extremely good cartridge.
I guess I stand corrected.Every MC I've had,and still have wasn't.Denon,Ortofon,and the list goes on and on.My local dealer that had a good microscope retired.There are a lot of others,but stylus would be a new word to them.So now I have to figure out a way to know when my styli are getting worn(I'm bad at keeping track of play hours).I've had Empire MM's also.Well I always learn something here.Thanks.