Recent content by bang4buck

Impossible to judge without a macro shot but in general, a small diamond is a good thing. Less tip mass. Keep in mind only the very tip of the needle actually sits in the groove. The rest is dead weight. Steel, in fact, with a bonded stylus.

The stylus will not even come out. But yes, the cartridge will be ruined. And while we're at it, also do NOT try to remove the transformer from the back of the cartridge. You will pull the contact pins out and break the coil wires in the process.

The SPU is a moving coil cartridge, not moving magnet. With a few historical exceptions, MC cartridges do NOT have user-replaceable styli. You do NOT want to touch that screw. Run a search for SPU retipping on the big auction site. Will set you back several hundred dollars depending on the diamond.

The V-15 Micro (aka Phase IV aka Stanton 600) is a completely different cartridge from the older V-15 (aka Stanton 500), that's why this works. It's moving iron, just like the XV-15/Stanton 680. Stanton/Pickering intended to replace the V-15/500 with this new series but it never took off and the...

Looks great! Careful with those dustcover hinges, the upper part that grips the cover likes to break. Thankfully reproductions are now available. The platter responds well to buffing with a metal polish such as Mother's, however the shine never seems to last long. AR owners have it easier in...

Here's what my spindle looked like as received, before Marc Morin polished it up to a mirror shine again. The end should just be a smooth dome shape. It was almost 10 years ago now but IIRC this wear (with matching damage to the thrust plate, of course) did not cause rumble like what our friend...

I know what you mean. That particular drawing is a bit of a hieroglyph, right? I can just see them spending hours on an Apple II or something like that to make it, instead of 5 minutes with a pen and ruler. Bugs me that our two TTs are so far off each other somehow. I assume they mean 1.3" to...

I find it helps to make a simple gauge for the two required heights (33mm and 6mm--sorry, metric guy at heart here). Takes only a couple of minutes to cut one from an index card or cereal box. And the screws turn more easily in the square nuts than in the stock plastic so I absolutely have to...

Wish I could help more but I don't have any personal experience with any of the generics. A forum search should bring something up, these are very common cartridges. I keep thinking I want to try a Swiss nude diamond stylus and the M75 body I have would be an obvious candidate, but I have more...

It should, yes. Back then the M93 was basically an M91 with a lower spec stylus tip and higher VTF. But generics don't necessarily follow that, it may be the exact same stylus with just a different color grip.

None of this addresses the fact that you will change the length and therefore spring rate when you rotate the springs on an Oracle. Unless you're suggesting to completely dismantle the subchassis each time so you can rotate the entire spring assembly including the foam damper. Is that what...

Mac, I'm sorry, you said it's been 30 years since you worked on one. I sit 5 feet from mine and just did the springs. They do not work like the springs on Linn etc. tables.

You can't turn the springs without affecting their working length and the spring rate. It just doesn't work this way.

Good sleuthing! They have a number of Ortofon styli still in stock. Off topic but 679-DQ (Shibata for AT15) still shows three in stock at $89.95, should be of interest to some here. With a 3-digit code it should be genuine but I don't see an AT logo or Made in Japan statement.

When you go to the actual Vimeo page for the video it says "Light damping only." I guess it can be dialed in on the Delphi? That's a much longer bounce than I get here. So I actually got curious, or rather, couldn't remember if I ever readjusted my own suspension after the tonearm swap, and...