Sumiko Rainier Replacement Stylus

• Replacement stylus for Sumiko Rainier
• Needle compliance, lateral: 10μm
• Scanning diamond: Elliptical (r/R 8x18μm)

• Dynamic needle compliance, lateral: 10μm*
• Scanning diamond: Elliptical (r/R 8x18μm).
• Contact force: 2g 

 * Needle compliance measured at 100Hz

• Upgrade the MM cartridge

You can upgrade your Sumiko MM cartridge by simply replacing the stylus carrier. Important: all upgradeable cartridges are operated with the same tracking force - so no adjustment work is necessary after upgrading the stylus. 

As the Black Pearl and Pearl are identical except for the stylus, a Pearl stylus upgrades the Black Pearl to a Pearl. The generators also differ between the Rainier and Amethyst models. Details of the differences can be found in this very nice report by Bernhard Rietschel from LowBeats magazine.

The advantages of the higher-quality needle insert: Lighter needle carriers, a naked diamond or a diamond with a better cut or a better polish of the diamond - against or with the structure of the diamond crystal lattice - improve the sound quality considerably. 

Upgrade steps Stereo styli

• Rainier - simplest stylus carrier. Diamond with elliptical cut (r/R 8 x 18µm)
• Olympia - better selected stylus diamond. Diamond with elliptical cut (r/R 8 x 18µm)
• Moonstone - lighter aluminium needle carrier. Elliptical cut diamond (r/R 8 x 18µm)
• Wellfleet - naked diamond (nude) with elliptical cut (r/R 8 x 18µm)
• Amethyst - nude line contact cut (r/R 5 x 20µm).

Optional shellac sylus for MM cartridges:

• For the Rainier to Amethyst models, there is a Stylus RS78 with spherical (R 76µm) stylus for shellac discs.