Someone on another forum I belong to ("Lenco Heaven"--I recently came in to a vintage Bogen/Lenco turntable) posted yesterday that the patent on the Shibata stylus--originally developed for CD4--expired the first of this month.
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One respondent guesses that this probably won't affect prices: "performance is dependent on the quality and consistency of the grinding and polish which costs money. I would say there won't be any new entrants in the game and it will be the same outfits producing it so prices will remain at least the same for the audiophile brands with a reputation to maintain."
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One respondent guesses that this probably won't affect prices: "performance is dependent on the quality and consistency of the grinding and polish which costs money. I would say there won't be any new entrants in the game and it will be the same outfits producing it so prices will remain at least the same for the audiophile brands with a reputation to maintain."