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studiorp
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 Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 1:29 pm Post subject: ASTATIC X-26 |
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Hello people , what type of needle can mount an ASTATIC cristal head cutter ?
Where I can buy the needles ?
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emorritt
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| Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| These use a short shank cutting stylus which are available from apollo masters. |
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studiorp
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| emorritt wrote: | | These use a short shank cutting stylus which are available from apollo masters. |
It is possible mount on this head a diamond needle for to cut vinyl hard disks and not acetate ?
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JayDC
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| maybe if you could find one of the correct size. |
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studiorp
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:51 am Post subject: |
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| JayDC wrote: | | maybe if you could find one of the correct size. |
West Tech Services have these needles : Steel at $10, Stellite at $25 and a Saphire at $60.
I must too receive an answer from them about diamond stylus. |
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emorritt
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:55 am Post subject: |
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| The X-26 isn't heavy enough to cut plastic. You need at least a low end magnetic cutter that has enough weight to cut into the plastic. You might get away with X-ray film or plastic dinner plates, but not the polycarbonate discs a lot of people are offering. Even if you added weight, I'm not sure what kind of frequency response you would get cutting plastic with a crystal cutter. Plastic discs are notorious for poor mid-high/high response because of their resistance to cutting (they're much harder than lacquer) - I have samples of 'club' music I received from an equipment manufacturer in Europe that sound very good, but lack the high end that a lacquer or a pressing would have. I've also cut poly myself and between poly or a lacquer, I'd take the lacquer any day for quality purposes. |
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studiorp
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:18 am Post subject: |
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| emorritt wrote: | | The X-26 isn't heavy enough to cut plastic. You need at least a low end magnetic cutter that has enough weight to cut into the plastic. You might get away with X-ray film or plastic dinner plates, but not the polycarbonate discs a lot of people are offering. Even if you added weight, I'm not sure what kind of frequency response you would get cutting plastic with a crystal cutter. Plastic discs are notorious for poor mid-high/high response because of their resistance to cutting (they're much harder than lacquer) - I have samples of 'club' music I received from an equipment manufacturer in Europe that sound very good, but lack the high end that a lacquer or a pressing would have. I've also cut poly myself and between poly or a lacquer, I'd take the lacquer any day for quality purposes. |
Can I use diamond for to cut plastic discs or I must use sapphire stylus ? |
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