[78-L] stylus for vertical-cut Edisons

[Royal Pemberton]

Yes.

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Mike Daley <mikedaley at gmail.com> wrote:

> So playing vertical discs, beyond the matter of the stylus size, is
> just a matter of reversing the polarity on the cartridge?
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:55 AM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > I don't know the exact dimensions either, but I see the wisdom in what
> > David's saying....if indeed 3 is the true size, tracking the discs with
> the
> > sizes David recommends means they're tracking just below the area of the
> > worst wear but well above the crud zone at the very bottom of the groove.
> > And even on a totally clean disc there's less noise picked up than would
> be
> > the case if microgroove styli were used for playback
> >
> > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm pretty sure the original acoustical diamond in a Diamond Disc
> >> reproducer
> >> was 3 mil.
> >>
> >> Ron L
> >>
> >> -----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, March 15, 2011 10:16 AM
> >> To: 78-L Mail List
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] stylus for vertical-cut Edisons
> >>
> >> 3 mil is too wide for Edisons. I still get best results with the Shure
> SC
> >> 35
> >>
> >> cartridge (hard to find) and the SS35E stylus (imPOSSible to find, and
> >> don't
> >>
> >> under any circumstances buy the N78S which is a piece of garbage). The
> >> SS35E
> >> is
> >> 2.5 mil. Edisons in good shape will sound fine with a 2.0 or 2.1
> truncated
> >> elliptical stylus, and those aren't hard to find, although they also
> aren't
> >> cheap.
> >>
> >> I had an old time repair guy wire one loop in my old Dynaco amp to
> provide
> >> phase reversal. Works beautifully.
> >>
> >> dl
> >>
> >> On 3/15/2011 10:10 AM, Mike Daley wrote:
> >> > I'm looking into converting a Stanton 500 cartridge to play Edison
> >> > Diamond Discs. The Esoteric Sound website seems to suggest that a
> >> > regular 3.0 stylus (which I already have) will work fine.
> >> > http://esotericsound.com/CartStyli.htm
> >> > I know about reversing the polarity of the cartridge (though I don't
> >> > yet know how to do it!)
> >> > Don't vertical-cut records require a completely different stylus? Any
> >> > suggestions would be much appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Mike
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