Glanz moving magnet cartridges

Dear Banquo,
I have one 155Lc on the TK-3Ea and one on the TK-5Ea and one on the TK-7Ea as well as one on the AM-10s (on the Professor's advice).
Whist both the 3 and the 5 are improved with this transplant......the bigger bang I think.....because it is a more refined cartridge anyway.....is the 5.

Now the good news for our Baltic friend......is that he has no requirement for the 155Lc as I don't believe it fits in the TK-7E......only the TK-7Ea?
The Professor will surely correct me if that is not so?
The 'friendship challenge' remains on hold awaiting such confirmation? :~}

Dear Henry, 'our Baltic friend'? I thought that you and I are Slavic brothers. If however you confuse Balkans with the Slavic people there with the Baltic people than I can quess what kind of student you was. But you become architect so you abviously passed your college somehow. I myself passed math. because my dad was bank director while my math. theacher needed some loan. So no blame is intended. Regarding the carts involved. The TK 9 stylus is totally different than those of the 'lower ranking' ( pace Raul) but of those 'lower kind' all can be improved with 'your' 155 cl I think. The postfix 'E' by my Signet 7 means 'elliptical'. What 'Ea' means I have no idea but am sure that 155 cl will fit all 'lower kinds'. BTW there are no 'frindship challenges' but well jokes from both sides and even from 'some' third party with philosophical contribution of Aristoteles.

Regards,

Regards, Nandric: Nikola, apparently Henry holds you in such high esteem he wishes to spare you the frustration of finding the "E" and "Ea" styli are of different geometries.

If I remember correctly, the TK1Ea and TK3Ea were of lower inductance, 490 ohm. This may indicate, perhaps, a cantilever resonance with the .3 x .7 TKN3Ea stylus that the lower inductance moves out of the audible range. Boron, beryllium or "ruby" cantilevers also have this influence on audible resonance. The TK9/10 at 550 ohm, the TK7Ea/LCa at 580 ohm. Excepting the TK10ML, the TK7LCA provides the best specs in channel balance and separation, exceeding even that of our TK9LC. 33 dB separation/0.5dB balance as compared to 30dB/.75. For the TK10 ML, separation at 35dB, bal. within 0.5dB.

Apologies to Dgob for the previous thread drift but it might be observed that the TK1E (no "a") and the TK1Ea are both extremely "plasticy" carts. Plastic contributes to resonance and these carts may do best on a low mass arm where diminished rigidity permits the line transference of that resonance into the arm.

The TK3/5E & TK7E/SU, Signet states, were "listener tuned" to what we must remember were audio sensitivities which might be referred to as a "70's sound", more organic in their voicing. The relatively large cavities surrounding both the cart's generator and stylus grip have to be considered as, to some degree, contributing influences in the voicing of these examples.

Moving the discussion closer to previous topics, for the Acutex carts the Saturn V graphite integrated headshell is adjustable for both overhang and azimuth. Lacking Raul's immediate grasp of the subtle, I've not listened to it enough to be able to say more than it does make a difference in reducing the "microphony" of the Acutex carts.

Nikola, the Ortofon LH-8000 Japanese oak headshell dampens the intentionally(?) resonant qualities of the TK7E/SU without diminishing it's other attractive qualities. Henry has recently mentioned this headshell. As evidence of your great friendship, perhaps you might have more success in anticipating he'll send you the headshell (which you should appreciate in conjunction with your TK7E) rather than a stylus which for your application is incorrect?

Now, out of respect for Dgob shall we return to the discussion of, um, was it broccoli & pate?

Peace,

Dear Professor, I already mentioned your remarcable memory
but if we see you as an encyclopedia you will get more emails than you can probable manage. I thought that those post fix markers like E, CL, EA, etc. refer to the stylus
kind or shape. The marker 'SU' by Signet 7 is different in
this context and I have no idea too what this marker refers. But there is obivously some disagreement between you and Henry because he uses the 155 cl as 'implant' also for this cart. I assume that the corpus or the body or the generator of the 7E and the 7SU are the same. So if the 155 cl is not suitable for my 7E why well for the 7SU? Regarding the headshells I have a specific problem. I hate to pay too much for those. There are those magnesium headshells made by Jelco (?) and sold under different names for about $50
(40 GBP on ebay.uk). To me those are 'perfect' headshells with good wiring and azimuth provisiom and +/-13 g. I bought 4 of those and own ,consequently, also 4 specimens of 'something' like my friend Henry. With the headshells from my (2x) FR 64 + Lustre 801 this means 7 (preadjusted) carts and many combinations possibilities. If I was as good in math. as Henry I would mention some numbers but alas. Anyway I don't need 'too many' of those.

Regards,

Regards, Nandric: Audio Technica nomenclature is simple. Almost. In the instance of the TK(x) carts, the first production might be called "big-block" carts, they are most easily described as rectangular. This would include the TK7E (elliptical) and TK7SU (Shibata). Any revisions would have the added "a" after the designation, think "Mk 11". The TK(x)a carts are on the AT120 design, one that continues with the contemporary AT150MLX, 7V and 150ANV.

If you go to: http://www.turntableneedles.com/AUDIO-TECHNICA_c_25165.html and scroll to near the bottom of the page, you'll find the styli for both the TK7LCa and just beneath it, the TKN22 for the earlier design. Click on the image & then hover the arrow over the pictured stylus & it'll rotate. A really useful feature.

Pay attention to the "plug", the feature that inserts into the "socket" at the bottom of the generator. The early iterations have a round plug, the later design is rectangular. They are not cross compatible. Also, the bottom of the generator is angled, there are differences here, too. Other considerations can usually be overcome by a determined man wielding a hobby knife.

If your cart looks like this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDIO-TECHNICA-SIGNET-TK7LCA-CART-GENUINE-AUDIO-TECHNICA-SIGNET-TKN7EA-STYLUS-/160876230864?pt=US_Record_Player_Turntable_Parts&hash=item2574f878d0

then you & Henry can resume negotiations.
Peace,