I just bought a brand new Shure M97xE cartridge and the stylus looks tilted like this:
I've bought many other Shure styli in the past (N44-7 styli for my DJ M44-7 cartridges) and some of them are tilted like that as well and I'd have to hand-pick a stylus to find one that is perfectly flat. Unfortunately, there are NO stores in San Diego that I know of that carries the Shure M97xE cartridge or stylus, so I had to order it from Sam Ash.
Is this normal and will it affect the sound quality? I bought these audiophile cartridges to record my vinyl onto digital format.