[78-L] SHURES & 78s, etc. (was Turning the tables)

[David Lennick]

Nope, most 16" transcriptions need 2.5 mil..I think some early 30s ones are 3 
mil. 2.5 is also good for Victor Program Transcriptions. .7 is good on 8-inch 
LangWorths and essential for Muzak and World Vertical Cuts.

dl

Royal Pemberton wrote:
> I agree, but I don't think they ever made a 2.5 mil for that old Shure....I
> only have some Standard Program Library 16" discs and I can tell that with
> the .7 mil stylus they don't sound their best.  I just guessed that maybe
> the 3 mil was closer to optimum than the .7 mil, at least for the few I
> have.
> 
> I'd love to see how a phase reverse was built into a PAS!
> 
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 3:53 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
>> You really want a 2.5 mil point for transcriptions. It's even recommended
>> on at
>> least one company's sleeves (the 8" LangWorths).."2.5 mil or smaller".
>> Actually
>> those play better with a microgroove stylus because of the slow speed and
>> short
>> distance from the label.
>>
>> By the way, I've been using a Dynaco pre-amp for decades..I even bought a
>> second one and switched to it while the old one underwent an overhaul a
>> couple
>> of years ago. I even had a phase reverse switch put into the first one,
>> using
>> the tape loop switch (the guy couldn't do it on the replacement amp for
>> some
>> reason..I think he couldn't remember how he'd originally done it).
>>
>