OK to play 78s with elliptical stylus?

Shhhhhhsh, Eldartford, if the high-end companies get wind of this they will start making needles out of cocobolo and charging a couple of hundred dollars a pop for them. That's a cool story! :)

When I was a kid I think we had some kind of cheap cartridges (ceramic, perhaps?); and when the needles wore out I can remember somehow jamming an actual metal needle or straight pin in the cartridge and it would work. But I don't think it did much to preserve the life of the records...

Eldartford, that's a wonderful story. Of course I have to ask, was the headmaster's high end TT direct drive? ;^)

Hey, a cocobolo stylus would match my plinth and platter, total WAF you know. Twl could even clean and sharpen it for me with his matchstriker. Plato, where do I get one?!

I have the Sure. It is very good. It has the bridges for mono. And cocobolo is poisonous, hee-hee. Just don't forget to clean your records. And finish with Last preservative.

Plato...Not to rain on your parade, but what are you doing for equalization?

Oh boy, EQ too?! You mean there's some special equalization for 78s and a standard phono stage cannot be used with good results?