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In Reply to: Thanks for the responses posted by TGR on November 16, 2021 at 10:27:55:
As usual I am on the tail end of the conversation. I have several relevant experiences. Since I am interested in old jazz, a lot of my records are mono. In the beginning I thought a tonearm with an interchangeable head shell would do the trick. I started with an SL 1200 MKII. Later I sold this for an SL 1200 GAE. Cartridges include AT 33 and AT 33 Mono, Ortofon 2M Black and 2M Mono SE (the mono version of the 2M Black), and VAS mono and stereo MC cartridges. Eventually I decided to dedicate the SL 1200 GAE to mono and now have a VPI for Stereo. It is quite easy for me to compare dedicated mono vs. stereo and even otherwise identical cartridges on the GAE using the same arm. The phono stage is a Conrad Johnson TEA 1, series III, into a c-j GAT II, which is state of the art. I have 3 different SUTs, the best of which is a silver wire Consolidated from Berlin. So what can I tell you? Is there a difference between mono and stereo cartridges playing mono records? Most of the time yes and it is usually not subtle. Does a switch work as well, some times yes, but usually not as well. Is the expense worth it to have a separate mono cartridge/arm/whatever? I have several thousand mono jazz records, so for me the answer is yes. It really depends, though, on how much mono listening you have available and the opportunity cost of doing so instead of listening to other perhaps more modern recorded music available to you.
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- RE: Thanks for the responses - bill_stevenson@bellsouth.net 12:50:58 11/16/21 (1)
- awesome - TGR 15:25:41 11/16/21 (0)
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