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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?
pgaulke60
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uberwaltz
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Yes Chak
Real enthusiasts and lovers of music will play less than mint records on their systems.

As already stated it may not be possible right away to locate a mint or EX copy or quite likely not financially viable!

I have a lot of VG/VG+ records that I have no qualms playing on my rig although none of my carts are to the order of Mulvelings but still a few 2 to 3k mc carts in the mix.
glupson
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mulveling,

"...I’m not the kind of audiophile to listen to Krall/Barber/Stanley/SRV/Dire Straits on repeat all the time..."
You may be one of the very rare audiophiles that uses a turntable with a repeat ability.
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asvjerry
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...GK as Oscar Wilde...’revisited’....

Now That’s funny.....terribly obscure and potent reference...;)

But I will agree that the hardest substance is found between human ears.....not all, but often enough...
rodman99999
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WELL; there IS such a thing as a, "hard" vacuum!      https://www.quora.com/What-is-hard-vacuum  
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asvjerry
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*hmmmm*

Then would 'space' (as in outer) be a 'soft' vacuum?  There are all matter of matters and energies zinging about....

Either one would be an unpleasant experience..and somewhat of a brief one....;)
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