Re: [ARSCLIST] Mostly for laughs

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't know the weight, but as it turns out, this stylus is hardly a dud..I was using too
light a tracking force on it!

dl

phillip holmes wrote:

> How many grams is five cents?  I'm surprised that Expert made a dud.
> They have two cartridges of mine being rebuilt.
> Phillip
>
> David Lennick wrote:
> > "From: "phillip holmes" <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> >
> >>> Absolutely.  And I totally agree that actually building a listening room
> >>> can be prohibitively expensive.  Improvements are easily made with small
> >>> adjustments.  Too many people find some formula to use, set their
> >>> listening room up and never listen to the results.  I've had epiphanies
> >>> from moving the speakers a few inches.
> >>>
> >
> > Hey..I had an epiphany that cost me five cents. A 2.0 mil Truncated Elliptical
> > stylus from Expert that I got a couple of years ago had never given me joy..loose
> > fit, too much chatter, variable results, but as a last resort I tried it this week
> > on a difficult disc, and added a five cent piece to the tone arm (the Stanton
> > styli won't take that much extra weight). It played gorgeously. I ended up
> > re-doing two projects this weekend because of the improvement.
> >
> > dl
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> >