[78-L] stylus for vertical-cut Edisons

[Mike Daley]

thanks for the advice!

On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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