Here’s a question... what does a worn out cartridge look like...and better still...sound like?
if we all agree that just one pass of a worn out stylus will ruin your record, then determining that your cartridge is worn out...is going to cost you a record..or more.
Interestingly, to me, there must be numerous folks who are destroying their precious vinyl, precisely because they are altering the groove with their worn out stylus...and will not even truly realize this...until they play the same LP with a new cartridge...and hear the damage that they done...which is now irreversible.
if we all agree that just one pass of a worn out stylus will ruin your record, then determining that your cartridge is worn out...is going to cost you a record..or more.
Interestingly, to me, there must be numerous folks who are destroying their precious vinyl, precisely because they are altering the groove with their worn out stylus...and will not even truly realize this...until they play the same LP with a new cartridge...and hear the damage that they done...which is now irreversible.