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In the Thread: The mono cartridges paradox.
Post Subject: The mono cartridges paradox.Posted by Romy the Cat on: 11/29/2010
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I recently assembled my analog setup and the last week played some record - I did not do it for 6 months or so due to all reconstructions….
Playing last well Bruno Walter M4 from 1948 I come across an observation – why our mono cartridges are so screwed up?

For anyone who plays records it is well known that mono cartridges have advantage to lay mono records. I do have some mono cartridges, have a dedicated arm and I tent to play old mono records with mono-needle. However, I do feel that still the best stereo cartridges do better job on mono records. Sure they are much nosier and have many other problems on mono records but stereo cartridges just better sonically themselves and for the best result I prefer to play my best mono record by my best stereo cartridges.

So, I wonder why the companies that do cartridges do not produce these best needles in just mono version. Why any mono cartridges do sound differently then it stereo brothers? I think that whole point shall be that if a company did found a good cartridges configuration and render it in their flagman stereo version then why they do not apply the same successes in mono needle? At least this is what I observed so far.

The Cat

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