Just a lil tip 4 ya from a tech...the "strobe bar" on the Epic label is showing ur tt is a little FAST & has a little variance in speed as it rotates. The lines should appear to stand perfectly STILL for 45RPM's. Also, to the other guy...a MONO record played by a SAPPHIRE stylus in a MONO cartridge like this is FINE. IF u have wear, ur either using too much weight or a diamont vinyl grinder styli. ALWAYS use Sapphire. They are softer & wear the styli rather than the record.
@seatboi Yeah, you can hear a bit of wow in the music too. But the label is sloppily applied and not on center either, so it in itself is not a very accurate speed reference. Have heard a couple other versions of the song on YouTube and the record on other players and don't notice much of a pitch shift so it must be fairly close.
@seatboi As a further comment on the stylus issue, other than a vertically uncompliant mono cartridge on a stereo record, which the GE is, or just a very uncompliant poor or heavy tracking cartridge in general, or one with a badly worn stylus, the only other thing I have heard of that ruins records is to play a styrene 45 with a hypereliptical stylus like the last Shure V15 series even if it is otherwise fine. Something about the hypereliptical shape tears at the styrene.
@w7777777s Yeah...Ur RIGHT! I've had cheap ceramic stereo cartridges that turn the grooves WHITE on a styrene 45 ONLY if the needle is Diamond. I have swapped the needle out for a Synthetic Sapphire one & it didn't "dig in" on styrene atall, so I favor a sapphire over diamond just for that reason. You have a GORGEOUS Turntable, BTW! The record was AWESOME too! I moved down south now, so I'm HOPING to find some rockabilly 45's! I lived in Michigan for the last 16 years & got LOTS o' Motown now!
Another great sounding record using the GE cartridge that I read about in old Audio, High Fidelity magazines that I archived from various estate sales, flea markets and a college library getting rid of old magazines, thank you for posting this great sounding piece of hi fi history!...Lloyd.
Thanks, but if it is a mono record and the stylus is in good shape and you don't hear gross mistracking, it is better than a lot of other old cartridges from the 50s as far as not killing your records. I would rather play it on this than an RCA 45 changer with it's original cartridge for instance.
This is great to watch, the thing is, this needle and cartridge, the GE, is abrasive to records, wearing them out faster, cause I know, I have damage to some records by using it , I was informed not to use it at all. Thanks for posting.
CORRECTION...DIAMOND...sorry ( I spelled it diamonT)
seatboi 6 months ago
Just a lil tip 4 ya from a tech...the "strobe bar" on the Epic label is showing ur tt is a little FAST & has a little variance in speed as it rotates. The lines should appear to stand perfectly STILL for 45RPM's. Also, to the other guy...a MONO record played by a SAPPHIRE stylus in a MONO cartridge like this is FINE. IF u have wear, ur either using too much weight or a diamont vinyl grinder styli. ALWAYS use Sapphire. They are softer & wear the styli rather than the record.
seatboi 6 months ago
@seatboi Yeah, you can hear a bit of wow in the music too. But the label is sloppily applied and not on center either, so it in itself is not a very accurate speed reference. Have heard a couple other versions of the song on YouTube and the record on other players and don't notice much of a pitch shift so it must be fairly close.
w7777777s 6 months ago
@seatboi As a further comment on the stylus issue, other than a vertically uncompliant mono cartridge on a stereo record, which the GE is, or just a very uncompliant poor or heavy tracking cartridge in general, or one with a badly worn stylus, the only other thing I have heard of that ruins records is to play a styrene 45 with a hypereliptical stylus like the last Shure V15 series even if it is otherwise fine. Something about the hypereliptical shape tears at the styrene.
w7777777s 6 months ago
@w7777777s Yeah...Ur RIGHT! I've had cheap ceramic stereo cartridges that turn the grooves WHITE on a styrene 45 ONLY if the needle is Diamond. I have swapped the needle out for a Synthetic Sapphire one & it didn't "dig in" on styrene atall, so I favor a sapphire over diamond just for that reason. You have a GORGEOUS Turntable, BTW! The record was AWESOME too! I moved down south now, so I'm HOPING to find some rockabilly 45's! I lived in Michigan for the last 16 years & got LOTS o' Motown now!
seatboi 6 months ago
Another great sounding record using the GE cartridge that I read about in old Audio, High Fidelity magazines that I archived from various estate sales, flea markets and a college library getting rid of old magazines, thank you for posting this great sounding piece of hi fi history!...Lloyd.
lrh1966 2 years ago
Thanks, but if it is a mono record and the stylus is in good shape and you don't hear gross mistracking, it is better than a lot of other old cartridges from the 50s as far as not killing your records. I would rather play it on this than an RCA 45 changer with it's original cartridge for instance.
w7777777s 2 years ago
This is great to watch, the thing is, this needle and cartridge, the GE, is abrasive to records, wearing them out faster, cause I know, I have damage to some records by using it , I was informed not to use it at all. Thanks for posting.
teendude16 2 years ago
very cool love the visual.
KCVROCKS2008 3 years ago