[78-L] Stylus size question for Gennett

[Sean Miller]

I lucked out on getting some of the Expert (Stanton fitting) custom styli in
a collection I bought last Spring.  There was a 3.8 which is wonderful for
both 1920s Victor electrics and almost and UK pressing famous for "crackle".
It's also very useful for lots of earlier acoustics (Grand Prizes, Monarchs,
some Columbias, etc.)  It's very useful.  As dl says, the 2.5 is great for
transcriptions and most Edisons....sometimes a 1.0 mil works even better on
them, though, and others even do well with the 3.8...I've always said you
really roll the dice when you lay an Edison on the turntable for a transfer.

I've got almost every Expert stylus for the Stanton from the 1.0 up to the
4.0.  The 2.5 and 3.8 are the ones I use most often.

Sean

-----Original Message-----
From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of David Lennick
Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2009 7:58 PM
To: 78-L Mail List
Subject: Re: [78-L] Stylus size question for Gennett

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:
> 
> 
> 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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