The replacement for the Pickering DTL-2E DTL2E needle stylus is used with the Pickering TL-2 TL2 phono cartridge and to upgrade the performance and sound quality of the Pickering TLC and TL-1 TL1 phono cartridges. The stylus features a highly polished special elliptical diamond with a .0003 x .0007 inch scanning radii. It offers long playing life, precision tracing of record grooves and very good reproduction of recorded material.