[78-L] stylus for vertical-cut Edisons

[Mark Bardenwerper]

On 3/15/2011 10:33, Dave at Audio Tech Transfer wrote:
> I'm using a Stanton 500.V3 to play vertical cut Edison discs on either my
> Technics SL-1200 (with 78 rpm mod) or a Technics SP-15.
>
> -3.0 or 3.5 mil stylus works fine.  I don't think this is a critical point,
> after all, you just need to ride the bottom of the groove.
> -Set antiskate so that there's no drifting of the tonearm in either
> direction.
> -Adjust pitch to + 2.2% (80 RPM) for Edison discs.
> -Switch Blue&  White cartridge leads as follows:
>
> Blue (headshell wire) goes to White (cartridge pin)
> White (headshell wire) goes to Blue (cartridge pin)
>
> This nulls out the unwanted horizontal signal of the stereo Stanton
> cartridge, while capturing the vertical signal.
>
> I've got a separate headshell and cartridge (wired as above) that's labelled
> "VERT." on the underside of the headshell.  So it's an easy matter of simply
> swapping cartridges anytime I want to play a Diamond Disc.
In other words, reverse polarity on only one side?

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