Hi Fi news test LP destroying my Apheta 3 cartridge + another cheap cartridge (another TT)

I have used the HiFi News test disc many times without incident, a very valuable setup tool. I have no idea how this disc "destroyed" your cartridge, please elaborate.

The cantilever snapped on both the Apheta3/Planar8 and on another 50$ TT which I used as a reference test:


I looked at the Test record via a stereoscope and found at the exact spot where the cantilever snapped something embedded in the grove:

They have hundreds of people attack them with glorious reasons for broken cartridges so any kind of damage like that is going to be considered self inflicted and beyond warranty. Time to move on.

I'll surprise you, but I have no complains to Rega. Hi Fi news on the other hand...

Analogue Seduction has been awesome to deal with, been buying from them for years. What is it that you are trying to test with a test record? Is it really even needed? Never used one. I set all my stuff up using a USB microscope, works fine for me.