[net.audio] Cartridge Questions

pmr@drutx.UUCP (10/01/84)

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>Is a $250 brand x better than a $50 Stanton?  ...is brand x 10 times better?

It depends.  But a $15 Grado GTE+1 is 3 times BETTER than the $50 Stanton.

		Yours for higher fidelity,
		Phil Rastocny
		AT&T-ISL
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lutton@inmet.UUCP (10/05/84)

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At the risk of starting something:

Is a $250 phono cartridge REALLY 10 times better than a $25
Stanton 500 EE?  

What do radio stations use?  15 years ago they used Stantons.

Oh, yeah.  One more question.  What's a good cartridge and needle
to use for 78-rpm records?  (I use a Grado FCR with a 78 needle
at 3 grams with a Rek-O-Kut 160 tone arm.  I should use more force
but 3 grams is as high as the arm will go.  It tracks OK but
usually doesn't track the run-out groove.)

ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (10/06/84)

The nice thing about a Stanton is that they are durable for a good quality
cartridge.  That is why they are the industry standard for Radio Stations
and Discoteques.  Certainly better than the Shure Moving Nail cartridge.

-Ron