[Jukebox-list] RE: Re: SS 160 Audio

[David Breneman]

--- "Mechanical Music of S.F." <mechanicalmusic at hotmail.com> wrote:

> In the USA, they used to polish the ceramic cart styli to a tapered
> tip.  
> Now that all the cheapie ceramic styli are made overseas and have
> been for 25+ years, they are cut to a simple cone.

Yeah, I can see that.  My only ceramic cartridge machine is my
AMI A.  I don't have any ceramic 45 machines.  Conical
styli are definitely harder on the high frequencies than
elliptical.

> I have to disagree about the possible longevity of plastic records.
>   I play 
> all mine on a mid-grade 1965 Garrard 3000 record changer tracking
> at about 
> 2.75 grams with a mid grade Shure cartridge (M92e).  It's
> eliptical.   No 
> real problem with wear on plastic, and I'm known to play the crap
> out of a record I like, LOL!

If you have a decent turntable and tonearm, I'm sure you
can get decent life from them.  The place where their
brittleness really comes to the fore is in heavy-play
situations with equipment built for durability over
gentleness - jukeboxes and broadcast.  Those poly records
cue-burn like nobody's business.



David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com


 
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