how can you tell when you need new styli?

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Posted by Jah on May-02-2002 07:13:

how can you tell when you need new styli?

well i ask this because i slammed BOTH (yes im an official dumbass) ortofon cartridges against my platter argh i cant tell any differance sound wise but i dunno it seemed pretty rough that needle hitting the rubber bit on the platter :/ are they ruined forever :P?

Posted by Great Outdoors on May-02-2002 08:17:

Well, if there's no audible defeciencies in the sound, then they should last for quite a while still.

Posted by spectra on May-02-2002 13:46:

the poor ortofons!

I hope they are stil ok! they should be ok tho, like great said, if they still play fine.. should be ok

Posted by Jah on May-02-2002 14:12:

yeah i get alot more crackles and pops now though :/

Posted by Werewolf on May-02-2002 15:13:

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Originally posted by Jah
yeah i get alot more crackles and pops now though :/

it may be 'coz of dust and other things on the vinyls... I mean Im not sure if u ruined the styli...

Posted by DJ LIQUID on May-02-2002 15:45:

shame on you

poor poor ortofons

Posted by Jah on May-03-2002 02:55:

mannnnn do you reckon the styli would wear out my vinyls more now :/?

Posted by DJ LIQUID on May-03-2002 04:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Jah
mannnnn do you reckon the styli would wear out my vinyls more now :/?

you could have sharpened the stylus which could potentially slice right thru your entire vinyl collection

Posted by Jah on May-03-2002 04:15:

ah wtf im panicing now is there anyway to tell if your vinyl is being hurt?

Posted by DJTJ on May-03-2002 11:09:

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Originally posted by Jah
ah wtf im panicing now is there anyway to tell if your vinyl is being hurt?

Hey, cool it man, liquid's just kiddin with ya!

Your Ortofons will be fine, I've done the exact same thing a few times. No problem. If you push the needle up on your Ortofons, you'll notice that it kind of goes and hides up in its hole. The needle is protected for these eventualities!

They'll be fine for a while longer, trust me.

Posted by Jah on May-04-2002 04:04:

ah sheet lol!!!!!
thanx man you have no idea the sigh of relief i just let out haha you rock!

Posted by DJ LIQUID on May-04-2002 04:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Jah
ah sheet lol!!!!!
thanx man you have no idea the sigh of relief i just let out haha you rock!

i was just messin with u man

Posted by Jah on May-04-2002 04:12:

haha you had me so stressed
haha i feel like such a knob

Posted by DJ Mikey Mike on May-05-2002 21:44:

forgive my newbieness, but what is a styli

Posted by DJ LIQUID on May-05-2002 22:56:

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Originally posted by DJ Mikey Mike
forgive my newbieness, but what is a styli

needle/cartidge

its the part that touches the record