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RE: Any users of a Stanton 980/981HZS out there?

Posted by flood2 (A) on October 12, 2014 at 19:57:40

In Reply to: Any users of a Stanton 980/981HZS out there? posted by andyr on October 12, 2014 at 16:44:26:

The CS100 is indeed a wonderful cartridge! Actually, the 981HZS is quite different - the coil inductance for the 981HZS is 450mH compared to 270mH for the CS100 (mine measures 230mH at 1kHz).

I'm assuming you bought the CS100 second hand so I guess you won't know if the stylus is the original or not. However, if the kit is complete you should have a frequency response chart. The chart is produced for the recommended load of 47k, 275pF.
I've been very happy with 47k and 200pF.

One thing you may notice from the instruction booklet, the stylus is described as a Stereohedron II, but the tip dimensions are actually elliptical 0.3x0.7 mil. I bought mine during the end of line sellout in 1996 and my original stylus (longish cantilever) is indeed an elliptical. However, I chanced upon some original Stereohedron II styli and these are jewellery grade (transparent) diamond tips with an ultra short cantilever.

If you have a 10x loupe and a bright light you should be able to tell straight away what tip you have - the elliptical should show a bright flat spot on the front face. Also it was on a longer cantilever.

Regards
Anthony
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