Merle, if your Stanton 78 stylus has a black plastic shell, it's a 2.7 mil, the standard size Stanton offers. It should be fine for basic use. If you really want to get fancy, log on to KAB (www.kabusa.com) and check out Kevin's custom size styli. They probably aren't necessary for your use, but you may want to try something either smaller or larger (say a 2.3 or a 3.3) as an alternate, sometimes a huge difference can be heard. The bottom line is always the condition of your discs, though and since the material used on LWs isn't always great quality to begin with, you may find it difficult to get great sound from them.
I, for example, have six different sized 78 styli for my uses, but again, it's probably way more than you need! Good luck! Sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "bob" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 11:43 AM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Styli assistance, please > Hi, > Unless your Little Wonder records are near mint condition I think this > is an exercise in futility. Most of these small records are not in the > best shape because they were used a lot by children and stylus used won't > matter too much. I think you Stanton cartridge may not have enough > tracking force to play these very well. I would use a Victor exhibition > reproducer with good gaskets and steel needles. Just change the needles > frequently. > RMV > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Merle Sprinzen" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 10:34 AM > Subject: [Phono-L] Styli assistance, please > > >> I'm trying to sort out my system for playing 78s, and have a question >> about styli. To get good playback from Little Wonders, an article I read >> suggested a styli radii of .0028 (that's what it said worked best for >> Columbias, and so I thought that would apply to Little Wonders, too). I >> have a Stanton 500 AL II cartridge that came with both a 78 and diamond >> stylus, but I can't find the radii figures anywhere. Does anyone know >> (1) whether the .0028 recommendation is the best for LWs, and (2) what >> the radii is for my Stanton 78 stylus? Thanks so much! >> _______________________________________________ >> Phono-L mailing list >> [email protected] >> >> Phono-L Archive >> http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
