Audio Technca Atn120e Replacement Stylus

I've been using this on my Technics table for about a year now and it works just fine. Everything I've tried, from classical to jazz to rock to EDM sounds great.

Haveing had a 4 channel system SQ QS MT decoder and CD-4 requireing a Shabata stylus AT 12SA made by Audio Technica. Back in the 70's I never heard of such a thing as brake in."O Ya" a new car need a brake in. But a stylus???

I had to purchase the Audio Technica AT120E replacement stylus, and found out that this replacement sounded brighter (ie stronger treble definition) than the original stylus that came with the cartridge. It was not an overwhelming difference compared to the original one, but noticeable. For my system, which tends to the "warm" sound, it is a comforting change.When installing, make sure to press the stylus into the cartridge HARD. I tried to do it gently four times, and found out that the stylus never went INTO the cartridge fully, and therefore no sound was coming from the turntable. The fifth time I pressed it hard into the cartridge, heard a "pop"/"click" sound, and then found out that it was transmitting sound correctly. The instructions included (too sparse) does not make that clear.If I notice some change in the way the stylus reproduces frequencies in the following "break-in" period/hours, I'll try to report so.Enjoy!

one of the best sounding cartridges I have used henceforth the replacement stylus

About 15 hours broken in at this point and already sounding great. Started a bit tinny but warming up nicely.

Great replacement stylus.

Good product..

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