Article on using USB microscope to set up cartridges

**ack** · 07-02-2012, 06:47 AM

Originally Posted by bblue

Do you mean because the traditional Shibata's contact area is at a different angle than the shank of the stylus?

No, it's the fact that the contact area is not a perfect ellipse, but rather a bent one. I am not sure what it's trying to achieve and how; perhaps I need to go back to the patents and read about it.

**mep** · 07-02-2012, 06:52 AM

Didn't the Shibata stylus come out a result of quad LPs? I think (and I'm probably wrong) that the Shibata was designed so it would have a FR up to 50 kHz in order to work with the Quad decoders being used back in the day.

**MylesBAstor** · 07-02-2012, 06:58 AM

Originally Posted by mep

Didn't the Shibata stylus come out a result of quad LPs? I think (and I'm probably wrong) that the Shibata was designed so it would have a FR up to 50 kHz in order to work with the Quad decoders being used back in the day.

I think you're right.