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

Showing 2 responses by marakanetz

...and the bottom line is that no cartridge has an "odometer" and you certainly never know how many hours it served especially when you're buying it through the internet.
I had my Benz M.09 served me for about 5,000 hours before I developed misperformance on inner tracks of some of my records and traded it in.

I prefere to get ones with 0 hours on them and certainly among those I can afford.