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Since the demise of the Apollo / Transco lacquer plant and ruby cutting styli production in February 2020, we are frequently asked why Sapphire? an...

Assuming that there is already a stylus present, switch the cutting amps out of operation. Then gently remove the multipole connector to the right-...

Two events that will ultimately change the lives of all of us involved in making music. These are the COVID-19 pandemic and the devastating fire at...

A recording or cutting stylus performs two basic functions; it cuts the groove in the master record, and it smooths or burnishes the resulting groove walls. While cutting the groove the stylus is driven by the cutter head in a 45/45 stereo mode to form the complex mechanical waveforms in the master record which are a precise analog of the electrical waveforms fed to the recording amplifier.

How to adjust the damper on the head...Situated above the cutter head on a Neumann lathe is a mechanical damping system. It is a chamber filled wit...