Sorry to bring up this ancient thread again. I just got myself an audio-technica AT-LP-120 for Christmas and want to set it up for recording both 78s and vertical records. In addition to the standard LP cartridge I bought two Stanton 500 systems with separate headshells and now need to wire the cartridges properly for lateral and vertical mono. I got one system working by parallel connecting the L and R, as well as LG and RG connectors at the cartridge. Then I connected all four wires again, which resulted in two identical mono channels (I think). It seems to be working and now I want to configure the second cartridge for vertical.VintageTechnologies wrote:Here is a simple diagram to wire the stereo cartridge properly for vertical recordings. The output is mono of course. You could use a "Y" adapter to feed a mono signal to both channels of your pre-amplifier.
I read all the threads on this forum and plenty from other sites, but I am still a bit confused about the described serial connection. I understand that I need to short the L and R connector at the cartridge, but I am fuzzy on how to connect the wires. What does L/R OUT and L/R GROUND mean? I cannot connect two wires to one connector. Should I remove two wires completely and only wire one channel? To confuse me even more I now found a site that suggests to also serial wire for lateral mono (instead of parallel) by connecting the GROUND of one channel with the OUT of the other channel http://www.tsf36.fr/erepro2.htm. Any opinions about that?
What I want to accomplish is to be able to play LPs, 45s. 78s, DDs, and Pathé disks simply by changing the headshell. I don't want to touch the RCA cables that go to my computer. How should I wire each headshell, with two or with four wires? Does it matter which channel? Sorry if these are stupid questions.
I appreciate any insight and explanations.
Thanks
Andreas