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"A true mono cartridge has only one coil and is designed to respond to lateral signals only. It does not respond to vertical signals. A stereo cartridge strapped or otherwise manipulated to become a mono cartridge still responds to vertical signals. The introduction of the vertical signal causes distortion and phase anomolies that are not fully canceled by summing the 2 signals. The anomolies are audible. That is why many consider a true mono cartridge (one coil only) to be superior to a stereo cartridge adapted to mono.

The Denon 102 is a unique cartridge. It has only one coil, thus only generates signal from lateral modulations, but the stylus has vertical compliance, ie- it responds to vertical grooves in the record. However no signal is created or generated from the vertical grooves. The cartridge was produced by Denon in the 60's for Japanese AM radio stations. The inclusion of vertical stylus compliance allowed the stations to play stereo records with a mono cartridge and not damage the grooves."

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