VINYL RECORD PRODUCTION KNOWLEDGE BASE:

• VINYLIUM
  • sc-99 laquer stereo 45/45. with rare earth magnets.because of high efficiency great for tube amp applications
    
  
  
• NEUMANN
• sx84 dmm stereo  45/45. (DMM: direct metal mastering, on copper layer), with samarium cobalt magnets and much stiffer springs this was the strongest head ever made
  
• sx80 dmm stereo  45/45. (DMM: direct metal mastering, on copper layer), take a sx74 make stronger springs, stronger magnets.
  
• sx74 laquer stereo. datasheet 45/45. the industry standard. same as sx68. but temperature was raised to 200 degree celsius. 1-2 db louder
  
• sx68 laquer stereo 45/45. kind of a redesign of westrex. but many great improvements like 2 independent magnet systems.
  
• sx15 laquer stereo. datasheet, bridge type. kind of ortofon clone. fiber glas springs. not for loud cuts very fragile
  
• sx45 laquer stereo. datasheet. strange xy cutterhead. super fragile. the cutter were broken faster than cut a laquer. a nightmare.
  
• zs90/45 laquer stereo
• es59, laquer mono, feedback. big success. probably the best monohead ever made.
  
• ms52h laquer, mono,moving iron,oil damped, non feedback
• r12b mono, non feedback
• r12a moving iron , non feedback
  
• r5 wax,moving iron , non feedback
  
• ms33 wax,moving iron , non feedback
  


• ORTOFON
• DSS 822 stereo high levels, green body
• DSS 732 stereo ,blue body.....and the datasheet of dss732 as pdf
  
• DSS 731 stereo quadro ,red body
• DSS 661 stereo, first rocking bridge type ,black body. super fragile because of alluminum springs.
  
• DSS 601
• DSS 581
  
• DSS 571 first stereo head from ortofon, lateral-vertical design
• DS 681 mono, feedback. also i think sames as the other two. dont know the difference yet.
• DS 641 mono, feedback. same as 522. nice and good
  
• DS 522 mono, feedback. . simpel and great sounding cutterhead. with feedback.8 ohm drive coil,200 mA max . constant current 65 ohm feedback, Fres=1500 Hz.
• DS 521 mono, feedback
• DS 49x ......infos requested


• PIERRE CLEMENT
• Clément M2 mono, moving iron: pic 1
• Clément M2: pic 2
  
• Clément M2: pic 3
  
• Clément M2: pic 4
  
• Clément M2: pic 5
  
• Clément M6 mono, moving iron
  


• WESTREX
• 3D-AHII, laquer, stereo,square magnet,alu coils
• 3D. the workhorse. great american sound. 2nd & 3th resonance within the audio range!!!
  
• 3C laquer, stereo, rounded magnets, fat polepieces,brass torque tube
• 3B small polepieces
• 3A first stereo head, introduced 1957
  
• 2B mono,feedback
• 2A mono,feedback,vertical
• KS1181,dspex mono,moving iron


• HAECO
• sc-2
• sc-1
  


• GRAMPIAN
  
• type d
• type b/d same as type d,but smaller oil tank
• type c ballanced type moving iron oil damped
  


• PRESTO
• 1d
• have a view inside of a presto 1d
  
• 1c


• FAIRCHILD
• 642 stereo lateral-vertical,capacitive feedback
  


• RCA
  
  • MI 4896 simple moving iron head similar to presto and others
    
  • MI 11850C simple moving iron head with internal rc network
    


• COOK


• MAG
• mag 2370 my first cutterhead ever. a swiss made moving iron from moto saccoche, geneva around 1930-1940


• OLSON


• AUDAK COMPANY
• audax
• look inside an audax head
  


• SAREG
• sareg HR62

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last modified: 11.1.2007