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The -7 indicates a .7 mm conical diamond stylus..this picture also shows the unusual copper stylus protector.

Variable reluctance cartridges have a very different cantilever from todays MM and MC cartridges.

Image: GE VR patent picture
ID: 5173
Poster: Ernie L
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:14 pm
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Image: GE VR 1000-7 specifications sheet
ID: 5170
Poster: Ernie L
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:13 am
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Image: GE VR 1000-7
ID: 5169
Poster: Ernie L
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:09 am
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Image: GE VR 1000-7 stylus and cantilever
ID: 5168
Poster: Ernie L
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:07 am
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ORTHONETIC ?...a made up marketing word ?

This shot shows the MU shielding on the top of the cartridge is grounded to one of the pins

Push-in user-replaceable assembly. The thin twisted metal stylus bar is damped underneath by one or two tiny elastomer blocks which do not deteriorate significantly with time, unlike the rubber or latex used by most other companies of the day

The VRII is mounted in a Gray Research 108. Gold coloured metalwork on a GE cartridge signified it was a "Golden Treasure", which simply meant it was originally fitted with a 1mil diamond tip instead of the usual sapphire whole needle. GE never supplied diamond tipped coarse-groove points.

Image: GE VR 1000-7 box
ID: 5167
Poster: Ernie L
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:04 am
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Image: GE VR 1000-7
ID: 5166
Poster: Ernie L
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:01 am
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Image: General Electric VRII stylus
ID: 5133
Poster: Brian C.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:17 pm
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Image: General Electric VRII & RPX compared
ID: 5132
Poster: Brian C.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:31 am
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To cover all three formats at the time (33, 45 and 78) GE produced their cartridges in "triple-play" versions, the change between microgroove and coarse groove styli being made by lightly pressing down and twisting the red knob. This why so many arm heads had a plugged hole in the top above the cartridge mount.

Successor to the RPX (VRI) the VRII tracked at 4 grams instead of the 6 grams of its predecessor (for 78s these pressures were required to be increased by 2 grams). A delightfully alive and immediate sounding cartridge for pre-stereo era microgrooves.

Some variants of the most popular US cartridge of the '50s for both home and studio. A GE RPX mounted in a Gray Research 108 or its Gates equivalent was playing the vast majority needle-drops in both AM and FM radio stations throughout the US and a good many other countries around the World in the Golden Era of popular music.

Image: General Electric VRII "Triple-Play" cartridge
ID: 5130
Poster: Brian C.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:24 am
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Image: General Electric VRII single-play cartridge
ID: 5129
Poster: Brian C.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:18 am
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Image: General Electric RPX cartridges
ID: 5128
Poster: Brian C.
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 10:11 am
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Image: General Electric - CJM3
ID: 418
Poster: -
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:14 am
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Image: General Electric - CJM3
ID: 417
Poster: -
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:14 am
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Image: General Electric - CJM3
ID: 416
Poster: -
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:14 am
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Image: General Electric - CJM3
ID: 415
Poster: -
Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 12:14 am
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