RE: Effects of Stylus Profile on Surface Noise

Posted by Roastaman (A) on February 17, 2017 at 11:53:42

In Reply to: Effects of Stylus Profile on Surface Noise posted by ljb1 on February 16, 2017 at 09:01:04:

I can speak from big time experience on this one. I have always had issue with surface noise being played back with extra gusto in my system versus the same LP on other systems, some with my cartridge. I have kind of a perfect storm effect as a combo btwn. my preamp-spkrs-room. I couldn't get much of an improvement no matter what I did and the 3 things mentioned were the only things that hadn't changed. My biggest improvement came when I went from using a older Benz FG stylus to the newer Benz MR stylus. It made a big difference, so if the ticks and pops are getting you down go for a finer profile.

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Topic - Effects of Stylus Profile on Surface Noise - ljb1 09:01:04 02/16/17 (10)

RE: Effects of Stylus Profile on Surface Noise - flood2 18:16:22 02/18/17 (0)

RE: Effects of Stylus Profile on Surface Noise - Roastaman 11:53:42 02/17/17 (0)

But keep in mind - EdAInWestOC 12:15:31 02/16/17 (0)

In my experience, not much. - ToddM 11:45:10 02/16/17 (0)

RE: Effects of Stylus Profile on Surface Noise - Mr. Dick Hertz 09:17:06 02/16/17 (0)

More radical stylus profiles can ride lower in the grooves, - Opus 33 1/3 09:09:34 02/16/17 (4)

RE: More radical stylus profiles - hifitommy 23:58:06 02/16/17 (3)

I could NEVER tame that cartridge. I tried literally dozens of VTA/VTF - Opus 33 1/3 04:12:11 02/17/17 (2)

RE: I could NEVER tame - hifitommy 11:07:06 02/17/17 (1)

Dunno. Never heard a 440 of any flavor that impressed me at all. /nt\ - Opus 33 1/3 17:07:46 02/17/17 (0)

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