Beogram stylus pressures advice please

[RIB2906]

Can anyone help me with recommended stylus pressures please for SP10, SP12 and SP14 please? I see both 1.2 and 2g  (?) for SP10 and 2g for SP14 in B&O documentation but no recommendation for SP12 elliptical.

[Peter]

I normally use 1.2g for an SP12 – it is the elliptical version of the SP10 – the SP14 is higher compliance. However I usually also tune a bit by ear as cartridges do seem to differ with age and condition – start at 1.2 g would be my suggestion and work up .1 g at a time!

[RIB2906]

Thank you for your assistance Peter.  My main concern was not to cause any damage to my records but I have experimented today and found that The SP12 I want to use seems to have a sweet spot around 1.4g so I’ll go with that. I couldn’t be sure whether I was being overly fussy here!

[Peter]

No – the figure suggested is always just an indicator and tuning by ear is the best way as you have done. B&O cartridges all have low tracking weights and are extremely unlikely to damage the record – you do need to keep the stylus clean though.

[Florent Castro]

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[Florent Castro]

Peter wrote:

I normally use 1.2g for an SP12 – it is the elliptical version of the SP10 – the SP14 is higher compliance. However I usually also tune a bit by ear as cartridges do seem to differ with age and condition – start at 1.2 g would be my suggestion and work up .1 g at a time!

That is great advice. I had an old stylus which I thought was defective (lots of crackling noise on one channel) – I adjusted the tracking pressure and it turns out it works fine! Thank you Peter.

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