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RE: Speaking of which...

Posted by flood2 (A) on June 25, 2017 at 18:05:03

In Reply to: Speaking of which... posted by jusbe on June 25, 2017 at 02:20:45:

Hi

Are these in addition to the ones you scored a while back? No I haven't really been paying too much attention to the NOS market as I have more bodies and styli than I can use in my lifetime!!
Incidentally, with respect to suspension hardening issues... I have found that they are "period"/batch dependent. Oddly, I have original D4500Q styli with the ultra thin cantilever and low VTA (first batch was <20 degrees) and they still work beautifully! The problematic ones seem to be from the mid to late 80s and early 90s. It is possible that the elastomer grade was not the same. This is why I don't bother looking at NOS styli now - I have so many and I decided to retip the ones that are optimally matched to bodies.
For MI, I have a 737S which I use with a Pickering D-11S. The D73S had hardened suspension unfortunately. Interestingly the frequency response hasn't been affected and tracking ability wasn't bad at 1.25g (60um - which is what I expect for this grade) although the compliance shift put the LF resonance around 11Hz. This could be detected on silent grooves where you could hear a sort of rattling/chattering sound! Also bass drum kicks were distorted. Initially I thought it was an issue with using the P-mount adapter in a normal headshell - the assembly is not exactly "tight" in the sense that the adapter does flex under load. However, the D11S didn't have the issue and my Epoch 98S cartridges (bascially the L847S with D84S styli) were also free of these nasties. So that's what to listen for apart from the obvious limited tracking ability.

How were these new ones for alignment and performance?

Regards Anthony

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