How are you playing your precious MONO Vinyl?

[mtemur]

I don’t hear bacon frying in the background.

 

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Adding the second arm with the Miyajima Infinity Mono made a big impact. Since it’s a true mono design it only responds to lateral groove movement. That resulted in a noticeable drop in groove noise, plus a jump in midrange presence, body, and overall tonal weight. Mono records just sound more alive and focused, with a richness that wasn’t there when using a stereo cart.

Thank you for your reply…
That sounds like a very impressive and huge jump in sonic quality!

I truly appreciate you taking the time to describe what your experience has given you

Best wishes,
Don

 

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I’m finding it marginal with an 18μm spherical on a Decca against a Replicant 100 on an SPU plus the mono switch, more like different flavours. It wasn’t marginal when my stereo cartridge had a micro ridge stylus, that sounded quite lost in a mono groove. Listening to your recording it seems to have good body and scale and I don’t hear bacon frying in the background. I just wonder if I upped my mono game if it would pay off, given that I’m not willing to risk a cartridge with no vertical compliance.

Thank you for your reply and also for taking the time to listen to my video!

Even though I’m playing this mono recording on my stereo cartridge and not using a mono switch, etc I am thoroughly enjoying it through my stereo system.

It’s giving me great body, harmonic structure, fullness, dynamics and like you had said “… with no bacon frying in the background”

Man, if it can take a huge jump up from that by using a dedicated mono cartridge as Vinylfan suggests ; I’d be extremely impressed

I truly appreciate everyone’s comments!

Best wishes,
Don

 

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