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The Hardest Naturally Occurring Substance on Earth

Yep - You all know from grammar school that is the diamond, which incidentally is what is used to make the stylus of our turntable cartridges.  If it is so hard, and it is going up against some fairly soft vinyl, why do we worry about poor quality LPs damaging the cartridge or stylus?  Sure, I understand the cantilever, but the actual Stylus?  The old phrase for me is "Does Not Compute".   What are your thoughts and insights?
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Uber, you’re a genius at stating the obvious. 🤗 Slow day at the beach? 🏄🏻‍♂️
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Uber, you’re a genius
Thanks GK.........
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I see what you did. Did anachronism help you with that? I seem to recall humor is not your strong suit. 😳
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Heck no
Im all grown up now and managed it all on my own.
My psychiatrist is so proud of the new me!
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But to back up to one of the OPs questions.
Who exactly is saying they are worried about poor quality records damaging their stylus?
Not sure as I have seen anybody say that and I know I definitely do not worry about it.
I give all my records a good us clean but that is about it, a few scratches or slight warp is not truly going to hurt anything apart from the SQ.
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