Does it really cost more? You buy the stylus from which they must then remove the diamond versus they buy in stylus blanks in bulk and all they have to do is affix the diamond. Doesn't make much sense to me that it should cost more.
Well ESCO unlike others polish the diamonds in house. Replacing a cantilever is tricky and I am suprised the delta (30 quid) is as small as it is.
Yes, I know they polish the diamonds (that's what they're famous for) but if they are starting with a stylus minus the diamond supplied by Shure how does this mean more work for them?
Ah. I believe I misread you. You meant they sell ready to roll SS35C ? That I didn't know. How much?
Well, the last batch of 3 (elliptical, for 78's) that I bought in 2016 were £66 each plus VAT. The price for conicals was less but I didn't order any on that occasion.
I think that is what they quoted me for a conical retip anyway but handy to know I can just order one.
It's just clicked, are you referring to the astoundingly left field Arthur Salvatore? Who rates music entirely on sound quality and sod the performance? 🙂
Yes indeed; I think he's just reacting to the "gurus" at "The Absolute Sound" who almost take the view that no record pressed after about 1963 is worth playing (I exaggerate).
Stupid idea of the decade: I wondered in a stupor whether it might be possible to re-polish almost any profile to form a spherical on a DIY basis ? The half baked idea would be to have a polishing record, not made of vinyl and of as large a radius as would fit, with just one groove that swept in a sine shape once per revolution between outer and inner radius and polished out the wear flats?
And the B side could form the correct base profile?
Just leave it on the platter and play it at normal VTF for 30 mins...……
I shall fetch my own coat.
LD
And the B side could form the correct base profile?
Just leave it on the platter and play it at normal VTF for 30 mins...……
I shall fetch my own coat.
LD
Well, amateurs used to grind their own (spherical not parabolic, I should think) mirrors for Newtonian reflecting telescopes.
Geometrical considerations aside, I don't think achieving a high degree of polish on a diamond (or on any hard bearing for that matter) is a trivial matter. I believe that Expert Stylus co. gained their expertise in defence and medical work initially.
Geometrical considerations aside, I don't think achieving a high degree of polish on a diamond (or on any hard bearing for that matter) is a trivial matter. I believe that Expert Stylus co. gained their expertise in defence and medical work initially.
Well I can't argue with that. HP had some 'interesting' views on that. I am happy to have left the sonic spectaculars behind in return for finding performances I like. Almost worse for the wallet than chasing the superdisks tho 🙂.
As we have seen what can be explained by linishing occuring on the distortion tests George did I think there is merit in that. But with a retip costing £55 for a conical polished by the experts at expert I do wonder over the cost/benefit trade off.
As we have seen what can be explained by linishing occuring on the distortion tests George did I think there is merit in that. But with a retip costing £55 for a conical polished by the experts at expert I do wonder over the cost/benefit trade off.
Miyajima uses conical stylus for higher price mono cartridges and Shibata for stereo cartridges.
I didn't realise they did an affordable mono*...as well as some unaffordable ones. But they are true monos which I didn't know anyone other than ortofon made these days. However they have changed to elliptical for the Kotetu.
*£395 last year, so for a given value of affordable
*£395 last year, so for a given value of affordable
Today I listened to the original sgt pepper mono pressing on a corner speaker again, an NS10 which everyone's probably got in the loft. Really, the experience is phenomenal, and so different from other presentations/masterings etc etc.
LD
LD
I don't even have a loft 🙁
The pressing question is, would a full range centre channel work for this, or does it have to be in the corner?
The pressing question is, would a full range centre channel work for this, or does it have to be in the corner?
I've been doing some comparison between SC35C (as it comes), Goldring 1040 (with an Expert 0.001 stylus) and Denon 103 (as it comes). All performed well with material from 1950 to 1958. The Denon wins hands down on detail but might seem too bright for some on the earlier records. There wasn't a lot of difference between the Shure and the Goldring.
You fancy giving a DL-107 a spin? It's going to be a long time before I get to use it. It should be voiced exactly the same as the DL-103 as was made for the same client and has the same nude 0.7mil stylus.
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