This sounds about as I might have suspected. Perhaps conceived by marketing people instead of engineers, it seems.
Thanks, Andy On Nov 3, 2006, at 3:20 PM, Robert Wright wrote: > I have. They don't work very well. They sound harsh AND dull at > the same > time, weird as that may sound. They wear too fast and if you get > too much > wire out, they bend. I doubt they're great for the record groove > either, > but then I'll never be convinced that any steel needle with a half- > pound > soundbox on it does zero damage to a record groove. > > I get the feeling the dispenser needle was more to appeal to lazy > folks than > anything, but I could be wrong. > > best, > Robert > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Baron" <[email protected]> > To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 4:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Tungs-tone needles > > >> And then, there were the "dispenser" needles where you turned the >> little ivory star-wheel to feed a bit of wire down through the >> shank. Does anyone have any experience with these? I've always >> assumed that this was tungsten wire, but since the needle is so >> gimmicky, I haven't counted on the quality of the wire, or other >> possible issues such as vibration or distortion from the hardware, >> lack of a firm grip, etc. I have one or two of these with plenty of >> wire spooled up, but haven't been brave enough to try them out. Has >> anyone? >> >> Andy
