How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl?

goofyfoot

I thought I was going to have to get a wide groove spherical mono tip. Most if not all of my Mono LPs appear to be made in the 50's, 60's 70's and there is not good info given.

i.e. the Chicago South Side Jazz, Vol. 1 was a collection of music from the late 1920's, early 1930's, but it was produced in 1971. Smooth appearance, looks like a currently produced LP, hard to see the tiny grooves exist.

I play it with my elliptical or microridge.

I imagine playing a modern shibata variant in an old wide groove could cause damage and not be expected to sound good either, maybe even an elliptical would be 'wrong'. ?????

Just using a stereo cartridge with a mono switch on my preamp. Good sounding mono reproduction. I do have a dedicated 78rpm turntable with just a basic Audio-Technica AT95 with the correct 78 stylus.  If the 78 is clean and not worn/scratched it sounds fantastic…

@elliottbnewcombjr The purpose behind my mentioning it, is that either stylus size might be perfectly fine for those Microgroove pressings. It’s rather confusing because some websites claim that the Microgroove stylus is a V shaped groove and others say that the Microgroove and the original U shaped grooves are the same. However, I do know that it can’t be both. From looking at the Hana SL MK II Mono, their stylus seems like an alternative to what we usually find; “Stylus: 0.27 x 1.57 mm nude diamond Shibata, tapered aluminum cantilever.”

https://upscaleaudio.com/products/hana-sl-mk-ii-mono-moving-coil-cartridge?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=033425870&pr_rec_pid=9179261698232&pr_ref_pid=816314810428&pr_seq=uniform

Read the Miyajima website on w hy they offer cartridges with 1.0 mil styli. But keep in mind they’re trying to sell those cartridges.

@lewm Yes, I’ve read it a few times. I wish Miyajima and EMT would offer more of a selection when it comes to styli because I have a fairly sizable collection of mono from all decades with exception to shellac. And shellac is another topic altogether.