Seems to have been about as popular as a trip to the dentist anyway:

http://ernienotbert.blogspot.com/200...ynagroove.html

Trying to ensure that the signal coming out of your cartridge is as
close as possible to the original recording signal is a laudable
exercise. If they'd got it right you'd be able to get superb music using
a 6 inch nail as a stylus (an extreme example). Or perhaps we'd all
still be using those wind-up gramophones with the large horns and
(optional) small dog?

I wouldn't criticise adding one form of distortion to offset another
form of distortion - that's all that negative feedback loops do, and who
manages without those, these days?

Of course, tuning the groove to fit every "Mr Perfectionist"s view of
ideal was an exercise in futility.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk