Audio needles/stylus

[72doug2,2S]

Love this guy. Fascinating critique of moving magnets and reflective vibrations.

[72doug2,2S]

Yeah, it's long. You can skip to 4:30

[pwd72s]

Thing is, you need to be really into vinyl and analog to buy one of his cartridges..

https://sound-smith.com/cartridges

That said, this man fits the Einstein quote: "Imagination is more important than knowledge."

And if you're among the "money is no object" vinyl lovers...

https://www.needledoctor.com/

[72doug2,2S]

After a little more research you only need to buy one, they'll refresh them for 20% when needed every few years or so.

[72doug2,2S]

The Otello is only $400, rebuilds are $100. That's a win if it performs as well as my Ortofon 20.

[serene911]

Thanks for posting that. I still have and use a Bang and Olufsen turntable with
the linear tonearm. Soundsmith is the only one making cartridges for those.
Interesting to get the background on the owner.

[gchappel]

I have used him to rebuild a cartridge a couple of years ago. They are a class act, did a nice job.
Gary