[Chico Jim]

I recently stumbled upon a 1972 Miracord Elac 40c TT.  It has the original cartridge, Shure M75e and stylus.  Not sure of the hours of play on the original stylus I replaced it with Jico N75ED, supposedly an upgrade, that’s a different story as far as I’m concerned. It would only track at 2.5g or higher and sounded great at times, others meh. I looked at the original stylus under a jewelers loop and it looked pristine and new, I put it back in and it tracks on used records nicely at 1.5-2g.  From what I preened online the Shure M75 has a recommended tracking force of .5-1.25g.  Am I okay at 1.75g? It sounds amazing at this weight, very holographic and perfect soundstage on the well mastered recordings. 

[Chico Jim]

I think I’m fine at 1.75 as I found the 1966 Shure literature for the Cartridge, I have the Yellow Stylus.  Maybe once I get my deep cleaner I will be able to drop the weight a little.

[rotarius]

Just curious, was it an actual Jico, in their box, or EVG Japan?  Seems to be a difference in quality level at times. 

[Chico Jim]

I feel a bit stupid, I just cleaned the Jico, there was a micro glob of something dark on it, old record grunge.  Put her back in and so far sounds darn nice again.  Oh yeah, tracking at 1.5g.  Made in the USA

[Chico Jim]

You guys are great for putting up with a guy who just got back into vinyl after a nearly 30 year absence. With the Jico nice and clean I dropped down to 1.25g on an lp that was a popper/skipper before a hand cleaning. It’s playing flawlessly and sounding even better, Jethro Tull’s Benefit😎