Sean, thanks for the info. Where do you go for custom stylii?
Victor offered "orange-shank chromium-tipped needles" for use with Program
Transcriptions ('only!' you know how dramatic Victor advertising was), but
we're not having much luck figuring out the exact dimensions of those yet.
-Robert
> I can only use two clean unworn Victor PTs I own for comparison, but they
> seem best with a 2.8 mil stylus. Tried a 2.3 and got swish, the 4.0 gave
me
> a bit more noise, but it too was decent, I think these were meant to be
> played with regular needles. AFAIK Victor (nor anyone else, but correct
me
> if I'm wrong) at the time was offering special small point needles for
> these, unless you consider Tungstones, which were marketed simply for more
> permanent use on 78s period.
>
> Sean
