hi y'all, I had some old vinyl records professionally cleaned, they came out real nice. though two of them had some deep scratches to begin with (and they still played). there was some pretty serious crackling noise when I played the records. was wondering if playing them could cause damage to my stylus. I can't imagine that some rough vinyl could ruin a diamond tip, maybe just put some wear on it. if I was to replace this particular stylus it would "only" cost me about $75, but was just wondering to make sure cause I wouldn't want to cause damage to my other records by using a damaged stylus. thanks all, john