Gang-Twanger
Resident Wharfedaliophool
I really do not know if the 5 grams tracking weight is significant or not. The most important thing, in my opinion, is that the stylus not mistrack the groove. When these changers were first made, the typical tracking force was, on average, much higher than 5 grams. If I was fortunate enough to own a set of the mono Beatles reissues, I would use the Dual 1019 with the M91 cartridge.
Yes, that is what they will tell you.
Yes, I am in that club too.
Amen. Yes, I have been playing a lot of my mono LPs and 78 rpm pressings on my mono version RC 88/4. My take; they do, to some degree, sound better with this table with the Pickering NP/AC (which is, as far as I can tell, that same as the Pickering V15 you are using).
That's good. It'll be a while before I can get this project up to speed, but that's one plan of mine. I also have another project that involves a pair of the old Wharfedale corner enclosures (just the woofer enclosures and the 15's that go in them (I think these were constructed to the same specs as that model, but I still need the tops and crossovers, which were boxed standalone units back in the '50's if I want to make them complete 3-ways... But I can still throw some Super 12's in the woofer cabs if I get a pair of the alnico ones with the roll surround from like 1959-'63).
I have too-many projects.