AT95 HE or VL stylus

Sadly not.

I was always suspicious of third party styli and a Shure one I have here isn't the same as the original, but with a superb diamond better than an original imo. having said that, I have a Thakker EPO-E stylus (AT91 family fitting but superb elliptical tip and rattle free flip down stylus guard too) and it's a small step up from an original AT95E

The VM95's are too new for users to want to move them on, but good luck here. A Ton or so for a 'needle' is low rent these days it seems, but there you go.

How's the AT20SLa doing?

Curious to know how you might get on with it. I've got one with with a knackered stylus that I got with a Pioneer deck and been wondering if it was worth getting a stylus for it. You can get a Jico Shibata for £150 or a hyper elliptical for about £120.

The top of the range was the ATN20SS which had a beryllium cantilever. Just had a bit of a search now and found Scott Nangle selling bit for about £120, which seems perhaps better value.

You might find this interesting:

sites.google.com/site/zevaudio/turt/cartridge-comparison-list/audio-technica-at20sla--at20ss

Can't get original ones now. Not unless from a private seller. Beryllium stopped being used on health + safety and boron now used in place of it. I think there's one or two US (I think) sellers on eBay offering the AT15SS with a new spare original stylus. I've just lashed out £15 on a standard elliptical for mine.

I think I can say the Jico ellipticals are very good in terms of shape and finish (unable to take pics of such tiny things but I do have a decent microscope to see). Sometimes if the original stylus still has a decent suspension, it's possible to replace the diamond on the original cantilever. This takes skill and time and doesn't come cheap though (is a 20SLa worth retipping today when you can buy a 750SH for similar money with new high quality coils and so on?)

Good luck anyway with whatever transpires.

Don't quite understand the pricing of Scott N's. The ATN 20SS - Shibata is £123. I can't see it having a boron cantilever. The ATN 20SLA - Standard Elliptical is £121. Why buy the elliptical when the Shibata is just £2 more?

It seems there is the odd place that has NOS ATN 15SS;

goldringstylus.com.au/shop/styli-record-needles/goldring-d830qd-stylus

They have genuine Audio Technica versions with berilyium cantilever for £124 all in. The other place I found were charging $260 US I think. If I was buying one I get from Goldring.

Found an interesting thread. Haven't read it all:

audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=88878.20