Re: Ceramic and Crystal cartridge specs.
The X1 is (or was) definitely designed to be stereo compatible.
The difference noticed in the design of the coupling rubber is normal design progression over time and would have been the reason that the redesigned and supposedly improved version was given another type number over the original X1 design, such as X2 and X3.
The pdf below clearly states the following:
"Latest B.S.R. MONO COMPATIBLE CARTRIDGE With turnover sapphire styli suitable for playing EP, LP and Stereo records with mono equipment". This is word for word from the pdf.
We must base what we say on fact and stop pedalling misinformation when there's no hard evidence to back up such statements, as people will read this while researching information for long into the future.
I seem to think that I've got other original BSR data that covers these cartridges and I thought that I'd scanned it and saved it somewhere, but I can't find it at the moment, but when I do I'll post it up on here. So for now we'll have to make do with the pdf below - 2 down below the EMI 4-speed player article on the right hand side - see below:-
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