'Exotic' has been the go to enticement in the commercial world of HiFi for a very long time, it runs parallel with esoteric, in relation to suggesting there is an exclusivity in being enabled to experience the commercially offered item.
It sure does help with justifying parting with ones funds, and such unobtainable, fantastical, attachments to a product, does justifiably make the Bank Account feel a little emptier and unrecoverable when the unobtainable has been paid for.
The fact that in relation to Styli, these parts being discussed underwent an extra set of control parameters to achieve their form in an earlier era of marketing, in todays market, there are multiple reserves stockpiled and readily produced, does somewhat seem to have an impact which changes the marketing spiel attached to such parts from an earlier period.
Such parts are no longer restricted to be acquired in any manner, and these can be acquired with relative ease when sought out.
Most individuals, if so wished, can be putting them to use across a broad selection of owned products, this in itself takes away the allure of the 'Exotic' and the term 'commonly available' will be a more suitable term in the modern market.
I am not going to stand in the way of anybody that wants to carry on with the allure of a marketing spiel and maintain the term 'Exotic' for what is now a very commonly available part.