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Noise reduction with mono cart:This is a record I found in my basement. I pulled it out of my gallery here. It was so noisy I couldn't listen to it with a stereo cart and mono switch.I replayed it with a mono cart and you guessed it, almost dead silent. I put the needle down and I thought I had the wrong input selected on the preamp.Might be hard to believe, but it's true. The SQ is still grainy and it's not my cup of tea anyhow, but the noise reduction is amazing. This record is old enough that it might require a fatter stylus, I don't know.
In my experience this is the rule rather than the exception. It is part of what attracted me to the Denon 102 years ago (that, and the fact that I picked up a used one cheap). When buying lp's now, I'll take a chance on a VG or VG+ if it's mono that I wouldn't touch if it was stereo.
On another front, I picked up a Victor UA7045 arm. She is a beauty babe, nice and curvy w/big skate knob and removable headshell. Maybe a tonearm should be considered male, in which case he's strong and rigid.This isn't my arm. Mine is in surgery - should be fine.neo