Any experience with LP Gear's P-mount NSS Nude Schwarz styli?

[dave99]

I'm also interested in the LP GEAR NSS styli. Your experience has just about convinced me to give one a try. My only hesitation is that most of them don't come with a recommended tracking force, at least nothing is indicated on the website. BTW, a tracking force of 1g seems much too low. I'm really surprised you got such excellent results tracking this lightly.

Start at 1g and if it doesn’t track as you expect up it 1/4g at a time. All my decks are all aligned to a high degree and properly restored per the service manuals.

 

[cgallery]

Start at 1g and if it doesn’t track as you expect up it 1/4g at a time. All my decks are all aligned to a high degree and properly restored per the service manuals.

That is a good approach.

Try records that can be sibilant without good tracking (I use Thomas Dolby's "The Flat Earth").

 

[MarantzBlues]

I’m wondering about the playing field for aftermarket Shure styli now that the cheap swiss nudes have been discontinued. This one caught my eye:

NSS/E LP Gear Upgrade stylus for Shure N95ED stylus

Check out the deal on NSS/E LP Gear Upgrade stylus for Shure N95ED stylus at LP Gear

www.lpgear.com

These LPGear “NSS” offerings have been criticized as rebranded swiss nudes, identical to the cheaper EVGs/Pfanstiehls with an inflated price tag. But if none of the "nudeline,” "black diamonds,” etc, are available anymore, maybe the LPGear swiss nudes aren’t such a bad deal and won’t be around for long themselves.

And I do wonder if these are exactly the same as EVG/Pfanstiehl swiss nudes. At least for my M95ED, those kept the yellow plastic body whereas the LPGEAR NSS example posted above in this thread has black plastic. There were some quality control issues with the swiss nudes. Maybe the LPGear NSS gives you a more solid example?