Mono cartridge recommendation

andysf,  Sorry about that.  I guess I was thinking of a chart on their website, not necessarily a written essay on the subject. The Japanese are notoriously poor with English.  Even English teaching in Japan is poor.  From what I can gather, the two languages are very different in construction.  Many of us can recall the laughable owners manuals that came with Sony and products of other major well-heeled Japanese corporations, as recently as 10-15 years ago.  They do much better these days.  Miyajima is tiny and probably not able to muster good translators.  My own son is a scholar in Japanese and can speak it better than many natives, yet he hates to translate for my benefit.  From the look on his face, it seems to give him a headache.

This is interesting because I was kind of curious about how one would optimize a system for mono listening. Most of my mono listening is from digital sources (you shouldn’t hiss during a pandemic, it’s not sanitary). Actually that was the great boon of the digital era - the death of fake stereo. Not having a true audiophile’s income having a separate system for mono seems a little like having your own Fast Eddie Felson model two-piece screw-together pool cue. Having a single speaker for such a system is intuitive also because you can put twice the money into the single speaker, and you only have to buy a single monoblock amplifier.

I went to mono a few months ago and choose the Tedeska one. It’s all about music. Very happy with that. 

Thanks to everyone who responded.

Further research leads to further questions :)

I'm seeing some mono cartridges that use horizontal generators vs others that seem to be just strapped versions of their stereo counterparts. 

The ones that are strapped versions probably retain the sonic characteristics of their stereo versions.  I'm not sure how or if the horizontal generators affect the sound. Are the horizontal generators simply a different cartridge with it's own unique sonic signature or are they still similar to their stereo counterparts if they have one?

Is the generator configuration significant?

@heretobuy 
I'm not looking to put together a pure mono system, though the thought did cross my mind.  I suppose one could move one of their speakers to the center and disconnect one amplifier channel without having to spend for a completely separate mono system.  Problematic, though with very heavy speakers.

@senza 
I'm not seeing any shops selling the Tedeska One nor can I find pricing, so I'm guessing it's way out of my current budget.