Stylus shape?


Is there a generally held opinion on what shape of stylus yields the best sound? I'm speaking of stereo, not mono.

Thank you.
128x128musicfan2349
That is how you learned from
your older brother wich one to buy (grin).


It is true

p.s. I feel that everyone is older here :) 
The paradox is that when you are young you want to be older
while when you are older you want to be young. 
You dear chakster have ''other'' problem than I. 
The Shibata and microline styli have the most potential as they meet the groove with very narrow horizontal profiles, closer to that of the original cutting head. The Shibata was developed initially to track perfectly the 44kHz carrier wave of the RCA quadrophonic disks.

However, so that they don’t wear out so fast they have long vertical profiles increasing their total contact area. They are therefore far more sensitive to correct SRA adjustment than are less sophisticated shapes. Adjustment for correct SRA probably is the most challenging one for most vinylphiles. Compare to the correct alignment of a tape machine’s reading head.

Many users are therefore disappointed with these styli compared to a good elliptical one.
the biggest issue is that then we do listen the music we don't want to cut record like cutting head or to follow the groove like cutting head 

Supereliptical nothing fancy just size 2x7 um