The replacement for the RCA 181400 needle stylus features a highly polished spherical diamond tip for long playing life, high reliability, and good reproduction of recorded voice and music.
My stylus purchase came in this afternoon, inspected the stylus under a USB microscope, great stylus tip! I swapped the brush with the original Pickering brush. I had been listening to the OE Pickering 625E stylus just before the 1200E install. The OEM gave a very good full sound , the 1200E is that and so much more. More dynamic and detailed, clean sounding, a very worthwhile upgrade!
They did everything pretty good. Not much to complain about. The only downsides to my experience were not really in their control and they were the long shipping time, due to me being in Australia and the price of the stylus, which got a little pricey due to to shipping costs and exchange rates.
the Jico arrived, and I'm only about six albums in, but it is a vast improvement. For the money - I say it's great sounding, wide soundstage, nothing glassy or brassy sounding. It's on a Thorens TD160, and sure, there are much higher end stylus' that can be used, but this was a direct replacement for my Shure N95-ED cartridge.
Very pleased with product and price. Fast shipping.
