Is elliptical the best stylus profile

Dear @cleeds :                                                                                               "" is there any correlation between stylus shape and a specific alignment method for setting up the cart? In other words, did you ever notice if baerwald or lofgren tends to work better with a given styli? ""

luisfcoimbra was refering to Löfgren A and B alignment and not the overall cartridge set up. 
bimasta goes a step beyond it where your answer was opotune.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

Dear @luisfcoimbra: Exist no difference in that specific regards between Löfgren A ( Baerwald. ) or Löfgren B.

Both kind of alignments shares same offset angle and the main difference is in the overhang ( less than 0.5mm. ). So don't worry about.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.

Dear @chakster : The VE information is what theory says and things are not so easy as we can think because what @tzh21y posted:


"  it seems that elliptical shaped stylus track better "   "  tracks amazing on older records ...""

For me cartridge tracking abilities is one of the main desirable characteristic in any cartridge design and depends not exactly on the stylus shape. If it's true that the line contact different versions can pick up more information or at least with more precission it depends to pick up that groove information of the overall tracking abilities of that cartridge and this depends of the cartridge overall design not the stylus shape. Yes, the stylus shape can help a little about but it's not the main premise for those abilities.
The other main subject as some of you already posted is the precision of the cartridge/tonearm/TT set up.

The cartridge quality performance depends on the overall design  where the stylus shape is only one ( not the main. ) characteristic.


Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,
R.