ATN160ml Beryllium MicroLine Stylus on AT150e body
link to the eBay item I bought
I wanted light 1.25g tracking, and stiff Beryllium Cantilever (best bass I ever had was Shure V15Vxmr beryllium microline, SME arm, TD124 TT, tracking was 1.0g),
I got both, and the azimuth adjustable headshell.
It is a Genuine ATN160ML Beryllium Cantilever with MicroLine Stylus
............. HOWEVER ............ I removed it from the headshell, it’s ID is on the top
The gold body is an AT150e, not a at160 body.
(they look identical, let’s say seller probably unaware)
Aligned, played 1 side of an LP I inherited, it sounds fabulous
I’ve been listening, getting ready, my AT33PTG/II boron; Sumiko Talisman Sapphire Tube both track at what I consider a heavy 2.0g
I recently found this, Julius Pepper Adams Baritone Sax player gives his Bass Player George Mraz many solos (as well as the pianist and drummer). Thin flimsy vinyl, holy smokes it’s well recorded, live in a small club.
https://www.discogs.com/release/6312111-Various-The-Bass
https://www.discogs.com/master/204354-Cecil-McBee-Alternate-Spaces
seller has many cartridges, a few like this, so would you return it, try to get one with a true AT160 Body?
Anybody know what difference it might make?
rauliruegas
lewm You two and others have been here a long time, I am always impressed by your knowledge when I peruse past threads. and I miss chakster I cut and paste this and that, however I forget quite a bit these days, even re-discovering things I wrote just a few months ago. Are there any links to fundamental sources or articles you can share with us, thanks, Elliott |
I just re-discovered from Shure's info, the Shure Cantilever I broke so easily (it shattered after a drop of about 1", I'm still mad) not a rod, not a tube, it was a MicrowallBe, only .0005" thick "Trackability is the stylus' ability to stay in contact with the record groove walls at a given tracking force. The most demanding signals on a record are usually high-level, high-frequency sounds and sharp transients. Mistracking of any signal can cause record groove damage that permanently reduces future reproduction accuracy. Trackability can be improved by increasing stylus tracking force at the expense of record and stylus tip wear. The V15 achieves high trackability without making these sacrifices. The V15VxMR's Micro-Ridge stylus tip and low ENGLISH effective-mass MICROWALL/Be stylus structure almost double previously achieved high frequency trackability at 10 kHz - at an optimum stylus force of only one gram! Beryllium MICROWALL/Be Stylus Cantilever for Lowest Effective Mass Ever! Beryllium has extremely low mass and high stiffness. These properties result in superior performance, however, only when the material is geometrically optimized. The ultra-thin (0.0005-inch) beryllium MICROWALL/Be tube, shown in Figure 1c, has the lowest effective mass and highest ratio of stiffness to mass of any stylus cantilever ever, resulting in unprecedented high-frequency trackability. Below is the Stiffness to Mass ratio for the three different types of beryllium cantilevers shown in Figure 1 (inside back cover). The physical characteristics of beryllium allow a longer length low-mass stylus structure. The resultant longer cantilever achieves the proper vertical tracking angle for a better match to the recorded signal and lower distortion" Proper, meaning what Shure chose, 15 degrees, which is why they are named V15 |
Want a light tracker: Get these two parts: $480. plus tax V15Vxmr body, broken stylus $265. usd I have this pair, member above tracks his at 1.0g, Jico gives range 1.0 to 1.5g. I track at 1.25 as the cantilever is boron, not the original that tracked at 1.0g that was Microwall Beryllium Tube. or, track a used OEM at 1.0g Used V15VxMR with OEM Beryllium Stylus $495.
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