[78-L] 78 rpm stylus question

[Milan Milovanovic]

I also can hear difference in "spectral quality" and hiss and kind of a 
"ringing" or other resonance in different types of the same diameter stylus.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Royal Pemberton" <ampex354 at gmail.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 7:33 AM
Subject: Re: [78-L] 78 rpm stylus question


>I listened to the clip.  I can hear a definite 'ringing' character
> superimposed on the hiss from the records on the segments using the stylus
> Bryan is asking about, that also will affect the music.
>
> On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Malcolm Rockwell <malcolm at 78data.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> If anything the second example of the first side has diminished blasting
>> on the horns and a very, very slightly lower level overall, to my ears.
>> I hear no hissing artifact on any of the four examples. But that may
>> just be due to my aging ears! Haven't tried it with a headset.
>> Mal
>>
>> *******
>>
>> On 1/7/2013 5:36 AM, Bryan Wright wrote:
>> > Occasionally when I buy new 78 styli (either from Esoteric Sound or
>> > Expert Stylus), I get one that sounds "different." I usually order
>> > truncated elliptical styli in sizes ranging from 2.0 mil to 4.0 mil.
>> > I'm accustomed to the general "sound" these styli provide, and I know
>> > what I should be hearing. However, once in a while I get a new stylus
>> > that produces sound with a light constant "hiss" and a greatly pinched
>> > frequency range in which the highs seem to be greatly reduced or
>> > virtually gone. I've encountered this same general "altered sound" on
>> > about one out of every three or four new styli, and it can affect any
>> > sized stylus. Rather than try to describe it further, I've posted an
>> > audio sample with four brief clips:
>> >
>> > http://www.bryanswright.com/2013-stylus-test.wav
>> >
>> > 1. The first 15 seconds is played with a "normal" 3.0mil TE stylus
>> > 2. The next 15 seconds is the same record with a stylus as I describe
>> > above (in this case, a 2.8mil TE stylus)
>> > 3. The next 20-25 seconds is another record with the "normal" 3.0mil
>> > TE stylus
>> > 4. The final 20-25 seconds is the same record with the "problem"
>> > 2.8mil TE stylus
>> >
>> > I don't have a microscope to examine these two styli carefully to see
>> > what might be causing the different sound. Does anyone here know? Is
>> > the 2.8mil stylus in the audio excerpt defective? It isn't always
>> > "worse" (sometimes, the reduced frequency range is a blessing on
>> > really worn records), but in general, I much prefer the sound of the
>> > stylus in the first example above. It sounds much more "open" and
>> > "natural" to my ears.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Bryan W.
>> >
>> > _
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> 78-L mailing list
>> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
>> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>>
> _______________________________________________
> 78-L mailing list
> 78-L at klickitat.78online.com
> http://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l
>