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Help! New mono cartridge for Dad's present-need the least amount of tweaking

Hi there, my dad has a SOTA Sapphire with the Sumiko Tonearm (switches headshells)

I gave him a DL103R and head shell a couple years ago and he quite likes it. It took him a while to get it dialed.
 Subsequently, he was given the Beatles mono box. 

If I got him a Mono Denon DL102 and head shell, would it be quick to switch, or would it take it be a painful profanity fest?

Thanks!




chriscostedio
donvito
400 posts
 
Why bother with a mono cartridge? A stereo cartridge will work fine!
roberjerman
4,319 posts
 
Keep the 103R! No need for a separate mono cartridge. 
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flatblackround
279 posts
 
Perhaps the box set can be returned for the stereo version.

I own thousands of mono records and a dedicated mono table.  Mono definitely sounds better with a true mono cartridge.  

Donvito and roberjerman are correct if you don’t want to go big into mono.  The monos will play with a stereo cartridge. Just not as well.
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