Have I ruined my stylus?

I left my turntable on with stylus ridng in the last groove for about 8 hours. Don't ask. I know this can't be good, but how bad is it?

herman09-09-2002 9:43pm

marakanetz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,473 posts 09-10-2002 at 06:46pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete consider it to be your normal stylus wear. if you have a diamond stylus you can scratch the match lightning surface and nothing will happen. it's realy more the cantilever issue to determine the cartridge wear. i used to have 5 year-old benz glider worked with no problem, never damaged the records and sounded and probably still sounds great with tens of thousand hours on that.
basement Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 245 posts 09-10-2002 at 10:02pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Heck no! Consider all the hours you have or will have. Consider in all those hours all the clicks or pops you might get. How meny records do you play in a row? Ever listen all day? Hope this gives you some confidence. I, too, have done this, left my cartridge on all night (meticulas, but not perfect) more than once, with more than one cartridge. Question- if I play records all day, stopping only to flip them, and clean the stylas, is this more prone to wear, and also, what are the best cleaning methods in addition to those (or that) described above?
psychicanimal Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,738 posts 09-11-2002 at 03:08pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete STYLAST & the green microfinishing film....