The world shines when the theory is supported by the results of the experiment! As written earlier, I'm not surprised at all that you couldn't hear any improvement, as there shouldn't be any with 78s. At this point, one may wonder why Expert Stylus and others burden themselves with the bore of producing and stocking elliptical diamonds for 78s. My answer is marketing. There's people willing to pay an extra for a 78 elliptical diamond, so why not?bart1927 wrote:I'm no physicist myself, but I do have a good set of ears, and I never encountered records that sounded better with a TE stylus than with a TC.
You almost convinced me to add a 3.5 mil to my list. Should I do so, would it be still wise to buy a 4 mil, or would it be better at that point to buy something a bit larger like a 4.5?bart1927 wrote:So if I would have to start all over again, I think I would just buy a 3.0 TC, a 3.5 TC and perhaps a 4.0 TC and be done with it. And if I had only money to buy just one custom stylus, it would be a 3.5 TC.
I'm quite puzzled by the Berreford's website you linked to. In my opninon, overall he suggests tips that are too narrow in average. A 2.4 mil tip described as "very useful for acoustic" is pretty much disconcerting, isn't it?