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...may want to check out this listing on Ebay.
Last XLZ3500E for a not so crazy price!
(I have no association with the seller)
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
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Are there any other options for an affordable stylus for the 981HZS? I have one here with a used original D98S stylus of unknown hours, and would like to find a good replacement stylus.
There is nothing that comes close... Take it from one who foolishly bought 2 of the ghastly LP gear Vivid Line replacements.....
As long as the cantilever or suspension has not been damaged then I recommend you get the one you have retipped.
Expert Stylus have considerable experience with Stanton/Pickering products having previously been a distributor - they can put a Paratrace on it (Van den Hul profile by all accounts).
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
I run that stylus on a 981HZS. Excellent stylus and highly recommended.
It is the only stylus other than an actual original recommended by Richard that can be used on the 981's. Worth 3 times the asking price!
Regards,
Don Griffith
Yes...and the other interesting thing is that the compliance is fractionally lower than the other low impedance models so actually gives slightly better performance with typical medium mass arms. On my arm (12g effective mass) the LF resonance is at ~ 8.5Hz which is almost 1Hz higher than for the D88S, D4500S styli (which resonate at just under 7.8 Hz). I've variously read (and Richard Steinfeld also has mentioned on lencoheaven) that the compliance is 20um/mN, but I haven't seen reference to it in any official literature.
Where did you score your 981HZS? Did you buy it new? That's the one body I'm missing in my collection. Kevin (KAB) sold me a 980LZS body about 15 years ago and this is now my favourite body. Such a pity it never really took off.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
Hi flood2
I have the 981LZS (bought new) and saw a HZS on eBay but without a stylus. Figured I'd swap the LZS stylus between the two but when I read Richards manual on the Stantons and then realized that PickeringUK.com had stock of the 3500E I grabbed one. Wish I grabbed two!
Regards,
Don Griffith
Lucky you!! How do you compare the sound of the LZS to the HZS? The LZS is my favourite cartridge (for MM). I found the LZS requires a much higher load than the 100ohms specified. I settled on > 2kohm. At the recommended load, there is a very pronounced roll off above 10kHz giving a minimum of nearly 5dB at 18kHz before the tip resonance kicks in. At the higher load, the frequency response is much flatter with about a 2dB dip at 18kHz.
Once corrected, the sound is very neutral with a wide soundstage combined with the amazing tracking ability.
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
Hello flood2
Of the two, if I use the same stylus on both of them, I lean towards the HZS as a preference. It just might be from lack of doing various loading trials as you have done. But it is so close that I just leave the D98 stylus on the LZS and run the 3500E on the HZS. I do load the LZS at 1000 ohms. The HZS gets run at 100K Ohms resistance and no added capacitance. I have measured capacitance from the input lead of the tone arm to the input of the phono stage. My current capacitance reading for the system is 168 . I at one time had this reading as high as 312. And that was back when I would "add" the recommended capacitance that the cartridge manual stated. But after several cable changes and mainly their lengths shortened, I now have it down to the 168. You can really tell the difference when using M/M cartridges. If you have never done this check, I think you will be in for quite a surprise at the amount of unknown capacitance that gets applied to M/M cartridges. I use the Elenco Capacitance meter. I did a internet search and found one for $35 approx. Money well spent!
Regards,
Don
Don Griffith
Ahh, just the answer I was hoping for! The electrical resonance for the HZS is positioned right where the "dip" (around 16 to 18kHz) that I measure with the LZS occurs. I always wondered if the HZS was the "correct" match and the LZS more of a "hack" to achieve a unique design.
I presume by zero capacitance you mean nothing added in the phono stage - you will still have capacitiance in the tonearm wires, headshell leads and phono lead. Depending on length, the phono lead is going to be at least 90pF, the tonearm wires roughly another 10pF so you have at least 100pF. This would shift the electrical resonance from about 17kHz to ~24kHz.
Yes, I have a capacitance meter as well (I'm an EE! :) )
I don't believe that it is necessary to deviate significantly from the recommended values - the electrical resonance frequency has to be matched to the mechanical properties of the moving system and so any significant deviation in resistance and capacitance from the nominal would indicate a fault in manufacture or in the replay system somewhere - possibly even the phono stage EQ. It is incredible that even today mistakes are still made in the EQ on commercial designs.
However, I agree with you that even small changes in capacitance can be enough to make a subtle improvement with MM.
BTW, do you still have the original paperwork etc for the LZS? I was wondering if you would you be able to scan the frequency response chart and the spec section of the instruction manual and PM me? Very often design changes magically appear in the specs but aren't documented anywhere else! I'm curious to see the characteristic measured for your LZS to see how it compares to my D88S and D4500S.
Would be much appreciated thanks! :)
Regards Anthony
"Beauty is Truth, Truth Beauty.." Keats
Later Gator,
Dave
Big J
"... only a very few individuals understand as yet that personal salvation is a contradiction in terms."
Is that a low output MM? I am not aware that it is a close relative to the 980/981LZS. I thought the Pickering equivalent of the 980 was XSV7500; in fact, I know that's true, but maybe Pickering made yet another low output MM that I was not aware of.
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