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RE: Anyone running a dedicated mono cart?




I'd probably agree with John Elison's observation that a stereo cartridge summed to mono and a mono cartridge will sound much the same.

That said, I do have dedicated mono cartridges, one being an Audio Technica MONO3SP. This is a high output moving coil with a 3.0 mil stylus. I use that (and a Stanton 500 stereo cart summed to mono) for spinning 78s. The Audio Technica is a bit brighter while the Stanton has richer sounding bass response. Summing a stereo cartridge (when playing back a mono record) will 'center' the spurious clicks and pops making for a cleaner sounding playback versus using a straight stereo cartridge.

The other cartridge in use is a Grado ME+, a moving iron mono cartridge w with a 1.0 mil elliptical tip. It does a fine job with mono LPs and 45s.

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