I can understand wearing out your styli, but how does one wear out the cart; especially after just 2 years?
Anyhoo, here's Mojaxxs' review of the aforementioned Jico replacements if you have a change of mind:
Cartridges wear out eventually they don't last forever, symptoms are lower outputput level and very uneven output level between left and right stereo signals, other symptoms are slight distortion, not big but slight.
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