I want to be in the Will of anyone who pays $2,250. for a Mono Cartridge.
I paid a mere $1,765CDN +15% tax for a Cadenza Mono, so I don't meet your criteria. I'll tell the lawyer to cross you off the list. 😉
MONO Cartridge Stylus Shape: WHAT? WHEN?
Some want 'best'.
My approach is not 'best' but to get the true advantages of playing Mono LP's with a Mono Cartridge. So far it's going well
I started with a Grado MI Elliptical Mono, currently using for Mono Jazz, early and late 50's., some earlier 40's.
Then, why not: I had VAS put boron/advanced stylus shape on an AT-33 MC Mono Body for alternate 'advanced stylus' mono. Haven't used it yet.
I see some Spherical Mono Cartridges for sale, including some for a lot of $.
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How do we know which era of Mono LP's grooves and which Stylus Shape is 'best' for them?????
IOW, an advanced stylus shape is just 'wrong' for this era of mono groove shape?
Is elliptical ok (just not best) for LP's where Spherical is 'proper'?
How much of a compromise is using Elliptical for all Mono LP's for instance?
thanks in advance as always for your contributions, Elliott