[78-L] Stylus size question for Gennett

[David Lennick]

The Shure 2.5 SS78E stylus is good for all-around use but they don't make it 
anymore. Its so-called replacement, the N78S, I wouldn't use for opening 
letters let alone playing records. I need to get me a wider variety of tips..I 
also need to win the lottery.

The 2.5 is still the best thing for playing transcription discs and it works 
fine on Edisons. The Stanton 2.0 Truncated Elliptical is a great one as well. 
Their 2.8 is good on more difficult discs.

dl

Glenn Longwell wrote:
> Bruce - it says on the record "1/27."
>  
> Dave - so is it possible that it could sound better both above and below 3 mils?  I was thinking that since it sounded better on 2.7 it would be in that direction.
>  
> Glenn
> 
> --- On Tue, 12/22/09, bruce78rpm at comcast.net <bruce78rpm at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
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> From: bruce78rpm at comcast.net <bruce78rpm at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Stylus size question for Gennett
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Tuesday, December 22, 2009, 5:51 PM
> 
> 
> 6006 would probably be Jan or Feb. of 1927. 
> 
> Bruce 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Glenn Longwell" <glongwell at snet.net> 
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com> 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 5:24:58 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
> Subject: [78-L] Stylus size question for Gennett 
> 
> I currently have only one sized stylus for lateral 78s, 3.0 mils. I have a slightly smaller size, 2.7 mil, on another headshell set up for vertical discs. 
> 
> For the most part this 3 mil stylus works fine for my daily needs. However, I recently acquired Gennett 6006, "Big Boy" George Owens. While the disc is a bit worn I've had discs look a lot worse than this and play much better. So I was wondering if it's a groove size/stylus size mismatch. I changed my 2.7 mil stylus back to play lateral and it sounds markedly better, but now wondering how much better could it get? This is my first Gennett Electrobeam record. Any advice on stylus size which works best for these? It's time I started to expand my range of available stylii anyway. 
> 
> Is the date listed on the record a recording date or release date? I'm thinking it's a release date. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Glenn 
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