stamper playback system

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Re: stamper playback system

Post: # 25142Unread post Jim
Thu May 02, 2013 12:03 pm

Hey guys, first post

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Thu May 02, 2013 12:09 pm

Ok, like I thought. Standard turntable. Tonearm mounted in standard location. Tonearm rest in standard location. Tonearm can swing out to accommodate the reversed direction of playback. Tonearm is straight. Headshell is crooked the opposite way than normal. Something like a 45 adapter for the center hole.
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Post: # 25144Unread post Jim
Thu May 02, 2013 1:14 pm

It is actually quite difficult to play a stamper even with this turntable. When you drop the needle for lack of a better word, it almost always lands in the land between the grooves. Which is odd sounding since the right and left channel are one revolution out of synch. You then need to gently tap it toward the center until you land on a groove.

One cool feature, the turntable has 2 magnet rings on the surface, to hold the stamper flat.

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Fri May 03, 2013 12:55 am

Thanks for the pic Jim and welcome to the Forum.

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Post: # 38325Unread post Steve E.
Wed Nov 04, 2015 12:36 pm

emorritt wrote:Does Wyndam Hodgson at Expert in the UK make these? Just a thought...
Wyndham Hodgson at Expert did make such styli, indeed, for awhile. He told me so. Sounds like he doesn't right now.

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Sat Nov 07, 2015 5:17 pm

I can have them made two ways. One stone with a notch. Or, you can grind two tips, bond them togeter and set them onto the metal part of a standard playback stylus.
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Tue Nov 10, 2015 3:09 am

pretty sure that dubplates and mastering in Berlin has such a device

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Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:08 am

have a look here at the Youtube movie, how it can be done on a regular turntable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoWAptLW2b0

You can order them at:

https://greenvinylrecords.com/index.php/products/

Different stylii are available for 33/45 and 78 rpm.

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Post: # 67102Unread post driftinmatt
Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:36 pm

Sorry to revive a thread that's 5 years old. Anyone had success with this? I'd be very interested in a system that works.

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Post: # 67106Unread post mushroomjesus
Fri Mar 21, 2025 1:29 pm

yah thanks for reviving this, this was a good read. very cool stuff I wonder if it is still available and at what cost...

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Post: # 67192Unread post Aussie0zborn
Thu Apr 03, 2025 2:57 am

driftinmatt wrote:
Thu Mar 20, 2025 4:36 pm
Sorry to revive a thread that's 5 years old. Anyone had success with this? I'd be very interested in a system that works.
You can buy a new BPS stylus which is about €1,000.

I have a new Stanton BPS stylus. Just need to make a left handed turntable for it.

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Post: # 67245Unread post driftinmatt
Thu Apr 10, 2025 5:13 am

Aussie0zborn wrote:
Thu Apr 03, 2025 2:57 am
You can buy a new BPS stylus which is about €1,000.
Can you point us to a website where such stylus is available for sale?
Thanks.

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Post: # 67267Unread post Aussie0zborn
Sun Apr 13, 2025 6:10 pm

Scroll up. Green Vinyl Records is the supplier.

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Post: # 67268Unread post Lupu
Sun Apr 13, 2025 6:48 pm

Symcon B.V. (Green Vinyl)

Bi Pointed Stylus (BPS33) for 33-45rpm (for Shure M44 cartridge)

Last time I checked the price was 1325 €.

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