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Stylus Photos - Opinions Please

I have 2 cartridges, both pretty old:
Madrigal Carnegie 1
Audioquest B200L

When I bought my turntable used (back in the 80's) it had the Carnegie 1 but I replaced it with the Audioquest because my dealer said the Carnegie was pretty worn.

Fast forward to today I get one of those $15 USB microscopes & look at the styluses on each. I know this is no comparison to a real microscope but I'm hoping what we see can be used to make a rough evaluation?

If any of you would like to look at these photos & let me know what you think, it would be greatly appreciated.

A side note, it was much more difficult to get a half decent shot of the AudioQuest.

Thanks,
Kevin Looker
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Q23oxNU51uycEAnI6vin7IWJEomU_AoV
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-Fqo13vz-8ZJmW690rRbHlrGDPQKPedX
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1z9UReCjstNCZOKESHSqvWOWGWGAM5UiI
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Thanks for the replies.

The Audioquest tracks fine & sounds great. It just looked like the stylus was much smaller (possibly worn) than the Carnegie's which was supposedly heavily worn.

I'll see if I can persuade our local jeweler to let me use their microscope.
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