Originally Posted by aquariuscsm
What's the best type of stylus? Conical or elliptical? I have an elliptical JICO Shure clone in my Shure R1000 cartridge.
JICO can be much better than SHURE O.E., sounds like a decent combo. Though I am not familiar with the R1000 coils and pole pieces. Sounds like a Radio Shack Rebrand of a M75ED.
Depends on your TT and what you are doing with it and expecting from it.
For involved listening a 3x7 mill NUDE elliptical Diamond on a low mass, stiff canteliver would do the trick if set up well.
To go to a severe Line contact i.e; Pramanik or Shibata or Van Den Hull
would require and advanced, solid and very adjustable tonearm for SRA and Azimuth for every record.
Good for archiving or Showing off to your friends what a madman you are
b&o made some stupendous sounding moving iron cross (mmc) miniaturised cartridges.
They sound much like a Studer R-to-R Master copy playback. No 7-10 khz rise and sizzle here.
My buddy Jim owns two MMC-1 - with drilled ruby cantilever. He's a b&o fanatic.
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I went from a Pickering 625E to a b&0 on my first "real" TT a Pioneer PL12D in the 70's
That b&0 SP12 was an ear opener - even played through a garbage, but "new" Yamaha 610 II Integrated Amp.
I use a nice Conical on a v-15 moving iron for vintage 45 playback or well worn records.
What's the best type of stylus? Conical or elliptical? I have an elliptical JICO Shure clone in my Shure R1000 cartridge.
JICO can be much better than SHURE O.E., sounds like a decent combo. Though I am not familiar with the R1000 coils and pole pieces. Sounds like a Radio Shack Rebrand of a M75ED.
Depends on your TT and what you are doing with it and expecting from it.
For involved listening a 3x7 mill NUDE elliptical Diamond on a low mass, stiff canteliver would do the trick if set up well.
To go to a severe Line contact i.e; Pramanik or Shibata or Van Den Hull
would require and advanced, solid and very adjustable tonearm for SRA and Azimuth for every record.
Good for archiving or Showing off to your friends what a madman you are
b&o made some stupendous sounding moving iron cross (mmc) miniaturised cartridges.
They sound much like a Studer R-to-R Master copy playback. No 7-10 khz rise and sizzle here.
My buddy Jim owns two MMC-1 - with drilled ruby cantilever. He's a b&o fanatic.
______
I went from a Pickering 625E to a b&0 on my first "real" TT a Pioneer PL12D in the 70's
That b&0 SP12 was an ear opener - even played through a garbage, but "new" Yamaha 610 II Integrated Amp.
I use a nice Conical on a v-15 moving iron for vintage 45 playback or well worn records.
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