Where can I find a variety of wide styluses?

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jazzVampire
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Where can I find a variety of wide styluses?

by jazzVampire » Wed Sep 04, 2013 5:10 am

At this point, I have amassed a sizable collection (read: pile) of acoustic era 78s. I love playing them on my Victrola, but I'm interested in getting into digital restoration. I am planning on purchasing something in the Stanton 500 family as a cartridge. I've seen them recommended for vintage records due to the range of tracking forces and available needles. That said, how do I find all these specialty needles?! I've combed major internet retailers and audio companies, but all I can find is a generic 3 mil stylus for 78s. I was hoping to find some other sizes and shapes (3.7 mil, truncated eliptical, spherical etc) that are compatible with the Stanton 500 (or any modern cart really). Anyone know where I should be looking? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!


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Re: Where can I find a variety of wide styluses?

by Ron Rich » Wed Sep 04, 2013 8:20 pm

Try http://www.needles4jukeboxes.com --he has an alternate site for home needles, just follow the link--
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Re: Where can I find a variety of wide styluses?

by Kent T » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:51 pm

Restoration Sound has a good selection of Rek-O-Kut stylus tips of varying sizes.

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