I'm finally ready to upgrade to my first "nice" cartridge, and after watching every YouTube shootout video and reading countless threads, I feel the Audio Technica AT440MLa would do nicely in my system.
Except at the very end of my research, I found out that the entire 440 cartridge line has been discontinued as of last month.
Would it still be a good idea to pick one up? My only concern would be to get stuck without replacement styli.
What usually happens in this kind of scenario? Do manufacturers continue to make replacement styli for discontinued cartridges, or are the owners SOL? I couldn't find aftermarket styli for this cartridge, for some reason, so I'm not sure what to do...