(for the sake of discussion, I'll adopt an overly strong corner stance and opinion, etc)
Microridge and microline have what might be considered the best wear aspects. That they tend to sound the same until the end, and the end is obvious, sound quality wise.
That they wear, as they age, how this happens, over time...is the least damaging to the grooves. Throughout the wear/aging... the profile remains the same. That is why they were made to be (shaped) as they are.
Other profiles change their sound qualities much more as they go through their wearing down. And they have more capacity to produce damage to the grooves as they age. As the shape of the wear area can damage the grooves, due to misshaping of the wear area.
That all the other shapes will generally, eventually produce sharp (enough) cutting edges as they wear and reach the end..... and actually begin to cut away the grooves, microscopically. (Ieeeeeeeee! Ahhh! make it stop!)
https://www.dynavector.com/etechnical/microstylus.html
(that website page has some pretty bad engrish stuff going on, but one can get the point, regardless)
Thus, things like shibata stylus shapes may be considered to sound great, better than microgroove/microridge, in some minds. Sure. But then..the wear problem raises it’s ugly head.
Shibata is the hot ticket and buzzword, these days, it seems.
But I’d prefer the microridge/microline, due to the wear aspects. As, we use these dang things, over time... and they wear down, over time... and the shibata shape does not have a perfect wear profile, over time -unlike the other top contender of microridge/microline.
A final outcomes in analysis goes, there is the microridge and the microline and ---then the rest. (fine line, shibata, replicant, van den hul, fritz Geiger, line contact, elliptical and conical)
The rest eventually produce groove damage.
The microridge/microline, does not, or so much less, that it is negligible, in comparison. The wear period and aging in-situ and in use.... becomes the entire subject and the very point itself.
Microridge and microline have what might be considered the best wear aspects. That they tend to sound the same until the end, and the end is obvious, sound quality wise.
That they wear, as they age, how this happens, over time...is the least damaging to the grooves. Throughout the wear/aging... the profile remains the same. That is why they were made to be (shaped) as they are.
Other profiles change their sound qualities much more as they go through their wearing down. And they have more capacity to produce damage to the grooves as they age. As the shape of the wear area can damage the grooves, due to misshaping of the wear area.
That all the other shapes will generally, eventually produce sharp (enough) cutting edges as they wear and reach the end..... and actually begin to cut away the grooves, microscopically. (Ieeeeeeeee! Ahhh! make it stop!)
https://www.dynavector.com/etechnical/microstylus.html
(that website page has some pretty bad engrish stuff going on, but one can get the point, regardless)
Thus, things like shibata stylus shapes may be considered to sound great, better than microgroove/microridge, in some minds. Sure. But then..the wear problem raises it’s ugly head.
Shibata is the hot ticket and buzzword, these days, it seems.
But I’d prefer the microridge/microline, due to the wear aspects. As, we use these dang things, over time... and they wear down, over time... and the shibata shape does not have a perfect wear profile, over time -unlike the other top contender of microridge/microline.
A final outcomes in analysis goes, there is the microridge and the microline and ---then the rest. (fine line, shibata, replicant, van den hul, fritz Geiger, line contact, elliptical and conical)
The rest eventually produce groove damage.
The microridge/microline, does not, or so much less, that it is negligible, in comparison. The wear period and aging in-situ and in use.... becomes the entire subject and the very point itself.
