Sumiko Amethyst is a Line-Contact design and MM. You can also get AT VM95ML and AT VM95SH with MicroLine and Shibata styli, respectively.
Lots of choices for styli in the MM range.
@lewm If you're looking for an mmc1 contact SoundSmith. I know they rebuild them and may even make new ones. |
There are not any Exotic Styli on offer at present, especially as outlined in the list above. These are no longer mysteriously unique or unusual, most who concern themselves with them will be able to recite the unique dimension for each type, whether it is an artificial grown raw material, as well as where to acquire one or all listed. One Styli that is possibly closer to the used Terminology 'Exotic' is the Swiss Produced 'Black Diamond'. The part has certainly being assessed for being a suitable replacement part for the above listed Styli. It is early days yet for this part, so it will be interesting to see how differing dimensions and refinements are produced for the part . |
OP’s definition of exotic is indefensible. By any rational definition, Replikant, Gyger, SAS, and Microline, Micro Ridge and Shibata all quality as exotic. Not exotic…all variations of conical and elliptical. Plenty of exotic styli have been made for MM and MI generators. From yesteryear there was Stereohedron by Pickering. The ADC ZLM used an exotic profile. I run a Shure V15 Type V with an SAS stylus by Jico on my Well Tempered TT/TA. With carefully adjusted VTA it traces everything. |