Craig B
Re:trophile
You're welcome, Capt.
The Goldring 1000 series models start out with elliptical (1006) and progress through variations on hyper-elliptical and fine-line types. Your 1022 featured a Vital PH (polyhedron, i.e. hyper-elliptical bordering on fine-line type with added benefit of uber-low tip mass due to the diamond block being both nude and rectangular in cross-section rather than square, i.e. half the mass).
Again, what would have contributed to any sense of exaggerated surface noise here will have been mostly down your 470pF NA322 cards, as Goldring's recommended input loading capacitance is 150 - 200pF (including tonearm wiring), which would bring the electrical resonance peak way down into the aforementioned 'presence region' whilst at the same time increasing its amplitude.
If you do decide to stick with the Shelter and fit a JICO SAS replacement stylus, I'd suggest holding off on any NA322 input cap surgery until such time as you decide to change out the Shelter altogether (such as giving the old K5 a go with a fresh AT-VM tip on, for example). Reason being that any MM cartridge that works well into higher capacitance may be perceived as sounding less good into considerably lower capacitance (possibly rolled-off and/or dull sounding by comparison).
The Goldring 1000 series models start out with elliptical (1006) and progress through variations on hyper-elliptical and fine-line types. Your 1022 featured a Vital PH (polyhedron, i.e. hyper-elliptical bordering on fine-line type with added benefit of uber-low tip mass due to the diamond block being both nude and rectangular in cross-section rather than square, i.e. half the mass).
Again, what would have contributed to any sense of exaggerated surface noise here will have been mostly down your 470pF NA322 cards, as Goldring's recommended input loading capacitance is 150 - 200pF (including tonearm wiring), which would bring the electrical resonance peak way down into the aforementioned 'presence region' whilst at the same time increasing its amplitude.
If you do decide to stick with the Shelter and fit a JICO SAS replacement stylus, I'd suggest holding off on any NA322 input cap surgery until such time as you decide to change out the Shelter altogether (such as giving the old K5 a go with a fresh AT-VM tip on, for example). Reason being that any MM cartridge that works well into higher capacitance may be perceived as sounding less good into considerably lower capacitance (possibly rolled-off and/or dull sounding by comparison).
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