[78-L] VARIABLE MICROGRADE 78 - What dat?

[David Lennick]

.7 is fine for many lps including early ones. 1 mil is better on mono Mercury 
Living Presence, especially where there's overmodulation toward the center.

.7 is also great on those 7-inch Bell 78s from 1953-55, which should always 
have been played with an lp needle. Even a worn one can yield up half decent 
sound when the small tip gets past the worn part of the groove.

dl

On 5/2/2013 8:50 PM, Ryan Wolfe wrote:
> I think a .7 mil is generally fine, too.   Except  real well recorded  hi-fi LP's, and the difference becomes a little more apparent.
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> I use a .7 (stereo stylus) for early mono LP's&  that's works fine for me.
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>> I should add that a 1.0 mil stylus is not what's necessarily required for early LP's, but it's what they were designed for.   It should work best with your micro grade / groove DGG 78.
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>> Just got a small group of European records, including a 12" DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON that has a banner
>> on the label saying VARIABLE MICROGRADE 78.  Not sure what that means.  Should I play it on my
>> regular 78 turntable?
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>> Thanks!  CDB
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