ADC moving-iron cartridge has "low" output

OP, the chart

a link to the chart appeared in a discussion that I randomly clicked on.

I zoom in or out to get anything showing on my monitor completely for the whole page and zoom more for a enlarged portion

and take a screenshot

press both: windows key and prt sc key (above backspace key)

then open it, crop it, save as a jpeg. name it.

I upload pics into a virtual system I created here  called ,misc info'

https://www.audiogon.com/systems/11519

then I can then copy the image address (pic must be on the web) into a post

you can copy image, right click, save to your computer.

Elliot, you have a point. I chose to use 3.54 cm/sec as a standard because 30 or more years ago, that was the standard stylus velocity for calculating output. But you’re correct that in the last few decades, 5cm/sec has become standard. I chose the older standard because I reasoned that MM cartridges of the same vintage as the ADC would have been rated using that standard. This is a subject about which not much has been written. I agree that yogi’s data, that the output was 1.1mV or thereabouts is probably the sensitivity spec, not corrected for the stylu velocity standard, whether that should be 3.54 or 5cm/sec. If so, the units would be mV/cm/sec.

shibata for xlm mk-iii

https://lptunes.com/collections/adc-needles-stylus/products/replacement-for-adc-rsz-stylus

you buy and replace the stylus yourself

lp elliptical for xlm mkiii

https://www.lpgear.com/product/ADCSXLMIII.html

elliptical for qln-ii

https://www.lpgear.com/product/ADCSQLNMKII.html

 

jico or someone may have a micro linear profile that fits the adc bo

Thanks! Those are very low $$ for supposedly Made-in-Japan products. I assume other here on Audiogon have dealt with LPgear here (???)  so no issues with fakes or new-old-stock (suspensions do rot with age).

The other resource,  like https://www.adelcom.net/ADCCart1.html , are significantly pricier. Not sure about that site!

I would not say “fake” but once or twice they’ve sold styli they described as “original” which implied OEM, when in fact what they were selling was a reproduction of OEM. No problem with functionality however.