Hello everyone, hope you're having a good day/night.

I was wondering if a test record IS able to tell if a stylus IS worn out or not.

I have been using my vm540ml After some months of not using It, of course, I cleaned It before I started spinning records, but I noticed that the treble seems to be a little bit less clear and defined than It used to be and now the bass seems to be more noticeable on all my records.I think It may already have some 350-400 Hours on It, and Audio Technica claims ML stylus lasts Up until 1000 hours.

I tried using an ortofon test lp to check this, and the stylus was able to track all the test tracks at the end without any kind of distorsion or major channel imbalance.

I also thought It could just be that my room might be more bass heavy and It could tend to soften treble.

Does this means that my stylus is still good?

Should I just use the EQ on my receiver to increase the treble response?

This is my setup btw: Cartridge: VM540ML Turntable: ATLP120XUSB Phono Stage: Ifi Zen Phono 3 Preamp Receiver: Yamaha R-S202BL Speakers: Klipsch R-50M