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In Reply to: RE: Any users of a Stanton 980/981HZS out there? posted by andyr on October 13, 2014 at 01:50:54:
Hi
The load capacitance is "everything" from the phono stage capacitance plus all intermediate cabling (incl tonearm wire). I'm not a believer in fiddling with the load away from the recommended values - I use a white noise test tone to calibrate the response (for transcription purposes) and I digitally equalise my recordings. When considering overall bandwidth and uniformity, I have yet to get an improvement by deviating away from the standard load.
Others will undoubtedly disagree with me. However, I trust that the engineers knew what they were doing when they created the specifications!
Hard to tell from your pictures, but it looks like it's the short cantilever so very possibly a Stereohedron but I can't be sure! From the relative size, it looks to be a bonded tip (of a similar size to the ones on my D88S styli which is not a nude tip. Stanton was very inconsistent in my experience. I've got D4500S styli that are supposedly bonded but are actually nude. Anyway, a moot point as I wouldn't trust the stylus condition of any supposedly NOS cartridge that is >20 years old!
What is the tip azimuth like? You are very lucky if the stylus is actually perpendicular with respect to the mounting! If the cantilever isn't skewed, then you could get anything up to 10 degrees off...such was Stanton QC in their twilight years.
Don't worry, even though Stanton QC was atrocious, you are unlikely to have a spherical stylus! The tip may look large as it is fundamentally derived from a 2.8 mil 78 rpm tip. However, as you may be aware, the Stereohedron is very similar to the Shure Hyperellptical which is a derivative of a Shibata except they make 4 cuts - one in each quadrant and the intersections of each cut on the scanning surface give a line. If you were to chop off the cone tip, you get a diamond shape.
I've been planning to use Expert Stylus as well as I've got a number of Stanton styli ready for retipping. Expert used to be a distributor for Stanton in the past so they are very experienced with retipping Stanton product - when I contacted them in July, they told me to hold off until late Aug and since then I just haven't got round to it. I guess I'll now be behind you in the queue!! ;)
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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