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Recently, another member made this statement in a post: "It is common thought that a clean conical, tracking at under 6 grams, wears records less than a clean elliptical at 2 grams."
Do you agree or disagree? I'm about to go conical with 3 grams tracking force and I'd like to get some opinions on the subject.
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Topic - Will a conical stylus wear out records faster than elliptical? - Mr Blue Sky 02:04:46 06/9/07 (33)
- RE: Will a conical stylus wear out records faster than elliptical? - jrtrent 06:14:45 06/9/07 (1)
- Klaus = KlausR. (nt) - KlausR. 06:42:46 06/9/07 (0)
- Poor setup (VTA, Azimuth, SRA, VTF) along with poor LP - HenryH 04:47:30 06/9/07 (0)
- That depends... - KlausR. 04:44:53 06/9/07 (5)
- too much weight - OMalley 05:29:01 06/9/07 (4)
- Audio review of Markovsky cartridge - KlausR. 06:03:13 06/9/07 (3)
- RE: My question is... - Damián 11:10:09 06/9/07 (2)
- Groove wear - KlausR. 01:56:19 06/10/07 (0)
- Damaging, No, Just Not Optimal... - Interstage Tranny 11:19:53 06/9/07 (0)
- RE: Will a conical stylus wear out records faster than elliptical? - Whell 02:57:54 06/9/07 (23)
- RE: Will a conical stylus wear out records faster than elliptical? - Larry I 06:26:31 06/11/07 (0)
- Record noise louder when using a finer tipped stylii?? - marc-homeslice 08:22:58 06/9/07 (1)
- Microline stylus most quiet I've used so far... - tketcham 08:38:25 06/9/07 (0)
- Guess there's no point buying all those vintage records then. - jusbe 06:25:22 06/9/07 (0)
- Typical generalized BS, plain and simple. Like Dave says, - HenryH 05:22:14 06/9/07 (3)
- RE: Typical generalized BS, plain and simple. Like Dave says, - John Elison 15:15:30 06/9/07 (0)
- If it sounds good, keep listening and enjoying... - Interstage Tranny 10:52:58 06/9/07 (1)
- RE: TT pic - slowmotion / 813 12:12:32 06/9/07 (0)
- I would have believed the part about ... - Dave Pogue 04:29:57 06/9/07 (14)
- RE: I would have believed the part about ... - John Elison 15:34:18 06/9/07 (4)
- 13 kHz? I wish. - Dave Pogue 18:28:40 06/9/07 (3)
- which begs the question - OMalley 19:57:19 06/9/07 (2)
- RE: which begs the question - Dave Pogue 05:42:15 06/10/07 (1)
- i thought so - OMalley 06:18:42 06/10/07 (0)
- even so - OMalley 05:31:14 06/9/07 (8)
- More likely ... - Dave Pogue 05:58:18 06/9/07 (7)
- I know for a fact that my SS retipped DL-103... - anumber1 07:30:19 06/9/07 (3)
- "I can state as fact that the two cartridges sound different." - OMalley 07:36:40 06/9/07 (2)
- RE: "I can state as fact that the two cartridges sound different." - mosin 12:36:33 06/9/07 (0)
- Frozen Waffles - anumber1 07:41:27 06/9/07 (0)
- "if it sounds better, it is" ;-) - OMalley 06:17:00 06/9/07 (2)
- I'll take "Semantics" for $200, Alex. . . .;8^) /nt\ - HenryH 08:21:55 06/9/07 (0)
- They say, "A picture is worth..." - Phil_in_CA 07:24:17 06/9/07 (0)