#m97he

No wonder I appreciated the sound of this Nagaoka N97ED replacement stylus for Shure cartridges!

I recently discovered it is a nude elliptical tip on a telescopic cantilever shank.

I paid almost nothing for it just to test if a Shure Me97HE Encore body I got for free was working. One of my best Hifi bargains ever.

I have no words...

I’ve spent some money in the past on turntable cartridges and styli. It’s nothing exaggerated, it’s not a typical feature of mine, I’m not a serial collector and I don’t buy things just for the sake of it; I only do it if I need something. So I spent what today would be about 200e for the first serious cartridge I had, a Grado Prestige Gold first series. To replace the stylus years later I spent I think a hundred euros. Then I read about the performance of the 8MZ replacement stylus and spent 150 Euros between cost and shipping. So I wanted to try a Signature Series body and found a used 8MX for 100 euros. Recently I wanted to try a Grado Prestige Black 2 stylus on the Gold 0 body. About $50. As you can see, nothing transcendental or impossible.