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I know very little of this, hold on till Trevor gets back, he's like the needle guru.

6anbatte wrote:These people advertise "flip-over" styli so I would suggest contacting them.

KAB Electro Acoustics

Incidentally, their site says;
""M" means needle is made for MANUAL professional type
turntable - has highest internal compliance."
Nothing about "N" though.

Although again it would point (to me anyway) that this is the 33/45 stylus as I can't see a 78 stylus being referred to in this manner. Again, I am just assuming here.

thank you for the link,, a whole heap of tips on that page...

bullit wrote:I know very little of this, hold on till Trevor gets back, he's like the needle guru.

i will hold on fe d guru,,

6anbatte, would you ask him this when he comes back on my behalf? I bet i won't know.

ras_gaks wrote:bullit wrote :I know very little of this, hold on till Trevor gets back, he's like the needle guru.

i will hold on fe d guru,,

6anbatte, would you ask him this when he comes back on my behalf? I bet i won't know.

Hi ras_gaks

No probs. Just had a PM from Trevor as he is back from his holidays. I'll ask him now.

yu kno one of the reasons all the roots archive ital peeps love vinyl so much is that it lends them fond memories of bacon frying...really
ok, I'll go away now before I get banned!

Thanks 6anbatte

Peace.

ACEtone wrote:yu kno one of the reasons all the roots archive ital peeps love vinyl so much is that it lends them fond memories of bacon frying...really
ok, I'll go away now before I get banned!

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Hi there ras_gaks,

Just back from the holiday,and got a gee-up PM from 6anbatte !!!
So,here we go....

It seems as though the stylus you have got is from the PHILIPS AG/AU range ?( Have you got a PHILIPS turntable there ? )

This range of flip-over stylii is for LP and `78 rpm.The stylus type is a spherical diamond for a CERAMIC cartridge,not common at all nowadays.

I would be VERY wary of using a spherical diamond on a modern record - 60`s onward...- as the tip profile is a bit crude,and may damage the groove walls of your vinyl making them quite " noisy " after a while.

Check out this website - www.StylusPlus.co.uk - and see if your " flip-over " is featured on there.It will give you the model no. of your turntable if it is a Philips etc.,etc.

Best that I can do,matey !!!

ACEtone,it`s about time you got a turntable and wallowed in all that bacon fat

Ites Trev,,

Thanks for your help, its listed on that site, i'll go through it in details shortly... And you are right, its a Philips player.

[pls check your pm.]

hey AnorakTrev,
I do indeed have a turn table and very much enjoy the sounds it makes both intentional (music) and unintentional (sizzle, crackle, pop etc.)
there is nothing special about my set up but it still sounds nicer than CDs, iPods etc.

by the way, my music buying history predates digital media by a few years.

And for some reason my Gemini turntable plays 78s though even if I had any I wouldnt use the 33-45 cartridge to play them...