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Re: [ARSCLIST] Mostly for laughs
A quarter? Back when I was still using a McCurdy turntable with a Gray Research
arm, I used a Dominican Republic half dollar on really difficult discs! Worked
like a charm. (I know, why didn't I try a NEEDLE?)
dl
Steven Smolian wrote:
> 78s play at over twice as fast as LPs. The groove is 10x wider or more and
> much deeper than stereo grooves. Centrifugal force keeps thinings bouncing.
> I've yet to use a quarter, but small change on the headshell is standard
> around here.
>
> Steve Smolian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "phillip holmes" <insuranceman@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 10:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Mostly for laughs
>
> > Yes, and I've never understood why you HAVE to track so heavy on those old
> > 78s. Big, lazy grooves. Nothing that even approaches high frequencies
> > (12k?). 78rpm just stretches out all the difficult stuff so nicely
> > (compared to the inner grooves of a stereo microgroove). Also, they
> > aren't know to have huge transients (bass drum whacks). It always seemed
> > like tracing a microgroove was way more difficult.
> >
> > David Lennick wrote:
> >> 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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