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An Old-Colts, Bobski Like, Mystery Thing #02

Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
edited June 2020 in General Discussion
I don't think we've had a Mystery Thing Thread for a little while, so I'll jump into the fray with a very easy one! On my first "Mystery Thing" thread, I believe it was settled that Bobski didn't have a patent on "Mystery Thing", so they are allowed, but he might have had a patent on placing a ruler or known object in the picture for size comparison. So, no ruler or object will be in the pictures for size perspective. Good luck!

Clue # 1: Since there's no visual size comparison, think in terms of "smaller than a Gnat's *"! [:D]

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If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Phonograph needle?
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Phonograph needle?Yep, I knew it was too easy! Good job!

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited June 2020
    I took these pictures with my USB Microscope during the setup of an Ortofon Quintet Blue Moving Coil Cartridge. The stylus is Nude Elliptical with a tip radius of r/R 8/18 ?m. The zoomed out picture is of an earlier Quintet Red cartridge. The objective of this particular alignment is to achieve what is considered in audiophile circles as the optimum Stylus Rake Angle (SRA) of 92 degrees. Using protractor software you can measure an arc using the perceived center of the stylus or measure the leading and trailing angles to the stylus tip and use a formula to arrive at SRA. In these pictures I believe I was at about 93.35 degrees if I remember correctly.

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    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What else ya got?[:D]
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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  • 1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Clue # 1: Since there's no visual size comparison, think in terms of "smaller than a Gnat's *"!




    i was going to guess gnats pee pee, but guntech got it first [:D]
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Marc1301
    What else ya got?[:D][:D][:D]

    Well, I'll see what I can pull out of my butt. Have we had a hemorrhoid thread lately? [:D]

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 1911a1-fan
    quote:Clue # 1: Since there's no visual size comparison, think in terms of "smaller than a Gnat's *"!i was going to guess gnats pee pee, but guntech got it first [:D]I'll see if I can catch a gnat, use my USB Microscope, and compare the needle to the pee pee. If successful, I'll do an "East Texas Yard Nature Thread"! [:D]

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • guntech59guntech59 Member Posts: 23,188 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Phonograph needle?Yep, I knew it was too easy! Good job!


    Will you tell my ice I was right? She'll never believe me. [:D]
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    quote:Originally posted by Old-Colts
    quote:Originally posted by guntech59
    Phonograph needle?Yep, I knew it was too easy! Good job!Will you tell my ice I was right? She'll never believe me. [:D]Absolutely, you nailed it quickly!

    I figured that there are enough old farts on the forum that it wouldn't go long without someone identifying what it was! [:D]

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    None of the Old Farts figured this one out![:0]

    http://forums.GunBroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=687238
    There is no such thing as Liberal Men, only Liberal Women with Penises.'
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yep, wiplash, you're right, but for your mystery cartridge it would take a really old fart!!!!!! [:D]

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • wiplashwiplash Member Posts: 7,145 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    If it's even a Cartridge? I sure don't have a clue!
    There is no such thing as Liberal Men, only Liberal Women with Penises.'
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