Apologies to Merle! That's what I get for living in Nashville! *lol* Sorry about that. :-) , r.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Back" <[email protected]> To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 12:40 PM Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Styli assistance, please > > --- Robert Wright wrote: > > > ...I have a favorite Victrola...The soundbox is an > Exhibition No. 2.....No matter what needle I use, no > matter what shape the record is > > in, there is black shellac dust built up on the > > needle after every play, without fail... > > Robert, I think you should try another soundbox, or > maybe rebuild your No.2 and adjust it. > > I have reproducers that just "kill" records just like > yours does. Other reproducers I have are very "kind" > to records. > > Believe it or not, the soundbox that I play most of my > everyday 78's on is on a CRAPOPHONE and with a > Crapophone soundbox! No black shellac dust build-up. > > BTW....Merle is not a he, but is a she, and she is the > QUEEN OF LITTLE WONDER RECORDS, and knows more about > LW's than anyone else in the world. <g> > > Best regards, > Dennis > > > > > > > > > So I have two categories of discs -- one, those that > > are nifty and > > interesting, but not particularly valuable to anyone > > but me, the kind that I > > enjoy listening to though millions of copies were > > pressed and the records > > are virtually worthless -- and two, records that > > would never see a > > phonograph/soundbox/headless nail in a billion > > years, because they CANNOT be > > played back on that equipment without irreparable > > damage. > > > > I don't particularly feel this way about Diamond > > Disc or cylinder > > phonographs, however, as I've never seen an Edison > > needle hurt an Edison > > record. The diamonds are ground to exact specs and > > the records (wax > > notwithstanding) are built like Mack trucks. I'm > > not saying there's no > > damage whatsoever, obviously, but it seems > > negligible from my experience. > > I've never collected black dust from an Edison > > stylus. > > > > It sounds like Merle isn't interested in permanently > > damaging his Little > > Wonders, and that being the case, I don't suggest > > that he play them back > > with a wind-up phono. I think that's insane if he > > likes his records. That > > said, Merle, I think most 78 styli offered by > > cartridge manufacturers are > > 2.7mil and will work great with LW's. I've used the > > Grado, the Stanton you > > have, and the NS78 that works with the Shure > > V15VxMR, which is what I use > > now. All these styli have suggested weights of 3 to > > 5 grams, 2 to 10 times > > the amount of weight an LP stylus would need, so I > > think your 2.7mil Stanton > > will give you perfectly lovely results with a little > > extra tracking force. > > > > My 78rpm deck is an 80's Technics SL1200Mk2 that > > Kevin Barrett > > (www.kabusa.com) modified for me to play at 78rpm. > > He also installed one of > > his damping fluid troughs, which places a paddle > > that's attached to the > > tonearm into this curved trough of thick fluid that > > limits the amount of > > movement available to the tonearm, stopping it from > > bouncing on warped 78s. > > It also vastly improves the midrange, stereo image > > stability, and tautness > > of bass with LP playback. It's an awesome mod. > > Kevin's products are > > top-notch. I'm excited to get one of his preamps > > with noise reduction and > > correct EQ soon. > > > > Can we hear from everyone on this 'soundbox/steel > > needle = irreparable > > damage' issue? I would love to be out-voted and/or > > proven wrong. > > > > > > Best to all, > > Robert > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "bob" <[email protected]> > > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 10:43 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? 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