GoKawiilUpgrading your turntable's stylus can improve vinyl sound quality
As vinyl sales continue rising, more listeners are looking to upgrade their turntables rather than buy new high-end players. Guidance on the topic identifies the stylus, or needle, as the component most responsible for audio quality, since it reads the grooves on a record. Styluses come in several shapes—spherical, elliptical, microliner, Shibata and line contact—with spherical or conical tips being the cheapest and most durable but least detailed option.