Audio-Technica ATP-N2 ATPN2 phonograph needle stylus

NSS/e LP TUNES UPGRADE REPLACEMENT FOR AUDIO-TECHNICA ATP-N2 STYLUS
- Better sound, better price. Win, win.

The Nude Schwarz stylus (NSS) raises the bar in stylus performance. For over half a century, the traditional way to craft a stylus, which carries on still today, is to bond the stylus tip to a crown (metal shank) that in turn is bonded to the cantilver. The additional mass, and a different material element in between the diamond tip and cantilever, cause some loss of nuance in transmitting groove modulation from the tip to the cantilever. With the Schwarz edition, a nude diamond stylus (a whole diamond) is inserted, fastened and/or glued directly to the cantilever - banishing the need for the crown (metal shank).

Thus, you can hear higher fidelity and exhilarating sound quality in every NSS stylus that you install in your cartridge! The unencumbered polycrystallin diamond tip (for toughness and longer-playing life) directly traces the grooves for optimal retrieval of record groove modulation.

● NSS stylus offers exhilarating sound quality above and beyond ATP-N2, AT-PN3 stylus
● Nude special elliptical diamond tip for better than original high fidelity
● .03 x 0.7 mil radii diamond tip for tracing accuracy and reduced record wear
● High strength aluminum cantilever for firm contact with LP grooves
● Genuine, NSS LP Tunes stylus

LP TUNES 78 RPM REPLACEMENT FOR AUDIO-TECHNICA ATP-N2 (ATPN2) NEEDLE STYLUS

The 78 RPM replacement for the Audio-Technica ATP-N2 ATP N2 needle stylus is used with the Audio-Technica ATP-1, ATP-2, ATP-3 Professional Series cartridges and the Audio-Technica Compass ATX1, ATX3E, ATX5E cartridge series. The stylus features a 3.0 mil polished diamond designed specifically for the correct tracing of the wide grooves of 78 RPM records. It results in minimal groove wear and accurate reproduction of voice and music.

One common end-user mistake is that an standard LP stylus can be correctlly used for playing 78 RPM records. This is one quick and sure way to damage the 78 RPM record grooves. To maintain the playback fidelity of your 78 record, you really need to use a stylus designed for 78 RPM records. Otherwise with just a single playing, you could ruin the fidelity of the record grooves. Also, the LP stylus is much narrower than the 78 RPM record groove thus the tip slides to the bottom of the groove where debris has collected for many decades. This results in extraordinarily high-surface noise.

For LP capable needles in this series, and other phono essentials, see the Related Items section near the bottom of this page