SP12 stylus?

[RIB2906]

If anyone has an SP12 stylus I’d be very interested to know if this is (as I believe) an elliptical stylus and therefore better than dither Sp14 and SP10. Does anyone have one to sell please?

[Territorial_]

Check this out and PM me if you’re interested.

Adapting Ortofon OM-Series for SP Turntables – Small Batch Coming Soon

[Peter]

The SP12 does have an elliptical diamond – the others are spherical. I note there is a firm selling newly restored styli with a choice of tips though have not used him – audio-origin is the name. Seems to be retipping original cartridges. I have a bespoke SP2 cartridge with an elliptical diamond supplied by Frede at Classical Audio – fantastic cartridge.

[RIB2906]

Thank you very much Peter and Territorial_ for responding. I have seen audio-origin on ebay in the last day or so and am thinking of giving them a try. I have an SP10 and an SP14, both of which appear to be still have perfectly smooth tips under microscope but I guess the cantilevers may have taken some wear over their nearly 50 years. The advertised SP10/12/14 elliptical is a pricey matter but I’m hoping it will be worth the expenditure quoted at £269.

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