Stylus Force Gauge

Shure still gives you the best bang for the buck and is accurate. I have the Shure and an electronic one. The both work well. Save your money for an emergency stylus replacement.

If you are using an MC cartridge make sure the Shure :-) is not magnetic. The older ones were. I am now using a Canrong digital but the test reports give the one sold by Steve Blinn on Agon the highest ratings.

I just purchased the Audio Additives digital stylus force gauge for $99.00 from Musicdirect. It is accurate to within .01 grams and even comes with two sets of batteries. The salesman at Musicdirect talked me out of spending an extra $30.00 for the Acoustech guage, which looks identical but advertises that it's accurate to within .001 grams, which seems overkill. Anyway, last night I used it to dial in my Transifiguration Orpheus L cartridge. It was so very easy to use. Being able to easily find the correct tracking force allowed me to enjoy this amazing cartridge more than ever. Anyone interested in getting the most out of his or her cartridge should use one.

You could have saved another $55.00 and bought the same one from Mehran at Sorasound.