301oil

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Have you reached your end point with this addictive hobby?
I traded up to a Shindo/Devore/Garrard/EMT/Auditorium23 system about ten years ago. The desire to upgrade went away entirely. I binned the huge pile of hifi mags I’d accumulated as other hifi was pretty much dead to me. Hobby broken/finished/ comp... 
When to change a cartridge?
Yes I sent the cart to Switzerland to EMT. Cost including shipping is about two thirds the price of the cart. Not terrible   
When to change a cartridge?
Having an EMT TSD15n, (the predecessor to the HD006) for the last 10 years I’ve been through this process a number of times. Having very clean records and stylus, I’ve found anywhere between 1500/1800 hours is easily achieved without major loss in...