Re: [ARSCLIST] Early stereo LPs: subject to mononuclearosis?

[Lou Judson <loujudson@xxxxxxx>]

Someone else will know more details, but early stereo records used a 1 
mil stylus, and the new stereo used a smaller one, .5 or .7. It wasn't 
until the larger mono stlyii went out of fashion that the mono warning 
was dropped. But yes, you got the essence in your last line.

<L>

Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689

On Aug 24, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Rob Bamberger wrote:

> I seem to recall hearing in the early 1960s (when I was a mere youth
> developing an instinct that would, in due course, mistrust a
> civilization that could come up with reprocessed stereo) that playing
> stereo pressings on a monophonic record player would harm the stereo 
> LP.
>  Was this a myth?  At some point, stereo LP covers indicated that they
> were mono-compatible. Was the prior warning meant to discourage people
> from playing stereo records with their older, heavily weighted tonearms
> and mono cartridges that would chew up the stereo groove? 
>