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78 RPM
If you or a relative have a collection of 78s then you really
should go out and rescue them. Then play them as they have
never been played before. You can simply buy a SL-1200 turntable and the Stanton 78c Cartridge.
Stanton
78rpm Stylus & Cartridge
The Stanton Cartridge is designed for
excellent stability even under heavy tracking. Each cartridge
can be used for either archival or casual play without concern
for undue wear on the record. This is the latest Stanton,
not the older version.
On demonstration in Dartmouth Devon now
Stanton 500/505.V3 cartridge £29.95
(select a stylus from below)
Stanton 500/505.V3 cartridge fitted to a headshell £59.95
(select a stylus from below)
D5127C 2.7mil conical diamond stylus £45.00
D5130EJ 3.0 X 0.5 mil elliptical diamond stylus £75.00 (the best
compromise)
D5135EJ 3.5 X 0.8 mil elliptical diamond stylus £85.00
D5180J 8.0 mil conical sapphire stylus for Pathé & 1930's RCA
home recoding discs £110.00
Spare headshell £12.95
Headshell ready fitted with a Stanton 500/505 cartridge £59.95 each
Headshell ready fitted with a Stanton 500/505 cartridge and
wired for mono £69.95 each
Modern amplifies
do not have a stereo/mono switch, and even if they do, switching
to mono will not give optimum results. That is why EMT do
a £15K preamplifier! We can wire your cartridge to a
headshell to sum the two channel outputs, resulting in a clear
3dB less noise than simply switching to mono. The increase
in signal to noise is remarkable and well worth our effort.
We can also wire the headshell out of phase to reproduce "hill
and dale" Pathé and Edison Diamond recordings properly.
SL-1200 Turntable
The SL-1200 series of turntables modified by us (click
here to see them) are used by audiophiles all over the
world. With its high torque direct drive motor it is
ideally suited for 78rpm reproduction. We modify it to
operate at 71 to 91rpm with a quartz locked 78.26rpm fixed setting.
You can upgrade the arm and have an extraordinarily good system.
Supplied with a strobe disc for 71.29/76.59/78.26/80/81.82/85/90
rpm.
On demonstration in Dartmouth Devon now
Send your
deck to us for modification £249.00
(needs the external
PSU £399.00)
SL-1200 sliver or SL-1210 black fitted with 78rpm mod and
external power supply:
SL-1200/SL1210 £479.00, 78rpm mod £249.00, external PSU £299.00,
fitting £35.00 Total £1062.00 Offer price £995.00
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Strobe
disc for free!
To print out a
lovely strobe click here.
If the rpm is an exact match for 50 or 60hz you will get one
stripe, if not then very cleverly you will get two stripes and
you set the speed in the middle, simple but brilliant!
Select Custom as the strobe type and enter your target rpm.
You could print of many different ones? |
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Archival Elliptical
Stylus Kit
Older records
require larger tips for normal playback. Using styli of various
sizes to overcome noise in records caused by wear and abuse is a
common technique. There is no optimum size stylus. The one that
produces the best sound is the correct stylus to use. The kit
consists of five Stanton 500/505 compatible, elliptical diamond
styli and one conical sapphire stylus. They require 2 - 5 Gram
tracking.
Most vintage recordings do not have to be played with any
particular stylus, but they were made to be played with certain
standard styli. 78s and radio transcriptions require a coarse
groove stylus of approximately 3 mil. You should choose the
stylus that provides the best overall sound regardless of size.
Here are some recommendations to start with:
D5120EJ - 2.0 X 0.4 mil elliptical diamond - worn LPs, some
transcriptions.
D5125EJ - 2.5 X 0.5 mil elliptical diamond - some 78s, many
transcriptions.
D5130EJ - 3.0 X 0.5 mil elliptical diamond - most 30's-50's,
slightly worn 78s & transcriptions, and Edison discs.
D5135EJ - 3.5 X 0.8 mil elliptical diamond - old or worn 78s,
transcriptions.
D5140EJ - 4.0 X 1.0 mil elliptical diamond - very old/worn
discs, raw aluminium, RCA home recordings.
D5180J - 8.0 mil conical sapphire - RCA home recordings, and
Pathé vertical discs.
The ultimate
is to have six Stanton cartridges on six quick interchangeable
headshells, one with each of our six Archival stylus!! Ah,
the joy of six!
Archival Elliptical 6 Stylus Kit £475.00
Stanton 500/505.V3 cartridge £29.95
Spare headshell £12.95
Headshell ready fitted with a Stanton 500/505 cartridge £59.95 each
Headshell ready fitted with a Stanton 500/505 cartridge and
wired for mono £69.95 each
Archival Elliptical 6 Stylus Kit, headshells, cartridges, all
ready mounted ready to go! £834.70
£799.00
The truly ultimate
is above, with a standard Stanton on the left to play your
friends ex disco/club records, next a AT440MLa audiophile for
your new vinyl, and then all 6 78rpm cartridges, heaven?
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Cartridge
Stabiliser & De-resonator
A soft copper Cartridge Stabiliser that adds mass
to your arm allowing the better use of the 78 rpm
cartridges when using normal headshells. 7.8g
(3mm thick) and 3.1g (1.2mm thick) avaible, so you can
have 3.1, 6.2, 7.8, 10.9, 14.0 and 15.6g. We
use the 7.8g on all our systems.
1 off £24.95, 2 off £34.95, 3 off £44.95 free UK postage.
A Carbon
Fibre cartridge de-resonator that actually works.
Unlike the boy racer carbon effect, this is the real
McCoy! This beautifully formed device tightly
couples your cartridge to your headshell dissipating and
thereby suppressing any nano resonances. £14.95 |
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Archival 78rpm
Preamplifier
Got an
old turntable in the attic or even just bought a cheap turntable
off eBay? This unit will allow you to accurately replay
both modern LP's and using special equalisation old 78's.
You can add one or two turntables to an amplifier that has no
phono input or a second turntable to an amplifier with only one
phono input. The Archival Preamp can be used to convert any AUX
input to phono use. A Rear panel switch sets up for one
turntable for LP and one for 78s, or one turntable for both
types of record. Plug it straight into your amplifier, or
connect the output of the preamp directly to a computer sound
card with the supplied cable. It is designed for both home as
well as broadcast/studio applications. The preamp applies
accurate “record equalisation” in the form of the RIAA curves.
These equalization curves are adjustable with the front panel
switch to match that of modern records or of vintage 78s and
early radio broadcast transcriptions.
Archival Preamplifier and 230V PSU £89.95
Re-Equaliser II
Pre-1955 records
were recorded to different standards than now employed in RIAA
equalized phono amplifiers. The Re-Equalizer compensates for
this. Easily installed through the external tape monitor circuit
or your preamplifier/receiver or between your phono stage and
amplifier. Accurate reproduction from any source is
accomplished by producing an accurate equalization difference
curve to compensate the output of your RIAA phono preamp. We
recommend that you use this in conjunction with the low cost NAD
phonostage and plug the combination into a spare or Aux input on
your amplifier. We can advise on any configuration for
you. But for the ultimate where the cracks and pops are going to
be processed without slew rate limiting then use the A.N.T. Kora
SE MM.
• In "BYPASS" mode the signal is hard-wired input to output -
introduces absolutely no noise or distortion
• In “IN” mode, left and right are combined to mono, and the
correct equalisation applied
• Supplied with six pages of recommended compensation settings
to accommodate any vintage record - including acoustics. this
remarkable document is considered by some to be the most highly
researched chart ever produced.
• Passive equalization design & film capacitors assure low TIM
and transparent sound.
• High input impedance for use with either valve or solid-state
amplifier.
• Works with phono, tape recorder outputs - any source.
• Sixty-Four different record compensations
• Easy to understand switches!
Read the review by
clicking here
Read the manual by
clicking here
Re-Equaliser II and 120/230V 24V SMPSU PSU £349.95
Re-Equaliser II EU, upgraded 24V Linear PSU and walnut case (we recommend
this option) £489.95
Esoteric Sound
We are
the UK agents for Esoteric Sound which was founded because of
the decreasing number of manufacturers providing speciality
products in audio processing, and especially the waning number
of quality turntables oriented towards vintage records. Such
products are still required for archiving purposes and to enjoy
the vast number of little played 78's now appearing on eBay. If
you want any of their products delivered to your door, without
any of the hassle of a personal import, dealing with the import
duty, attempting to pay the VAT, then simply ask us by
clicking here. You can visit their site
here
http://www.esotericsound.com/ We will debit your
credit card in pounds and despatch your order from here in
Devon.
Last
updated
Thursday May 27, 2010
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