It's a good one

Posted by creativepart (A) on September 19, 2006 at 13:30:23

In Reply to: What to do with an Audio Technica cartridge AT14Sa? posted by lpspinner on September 19, 2006 at 12:56:09:

That's a good cartridge. You'll be surprised. You can get a stylis at: http://www.stereoneedles.com/audio-technica.html. It will cost you $87 but I just did this with a ATMK12sII cartridge and it is surprising how good this cartridge is. I've decided to leave it in my main system.

Acording to the stylis chart in my AT cart box the burgundy 14s stylis has the following specs:

Frequency: 5 - 45,000hz
Channel sep: 27 db
Stylis: nude shibata
2.7mV output

It's the top of the line stylis for those 1980's AT carts. I put a ATS12S stylis on mine because that's what it was spec'd for that model. But I wish I had just put the better 14s Stylis on it while I was at it.

The 13s has a ".2 by .7 nude elliptical" stylis, but for some reason all the specs for the 13s are not as good as the 12s or the 14s.

The specs for the 13s are:
Frequency: 10 - 30,000hz
Channel sep: 25 db
Stylis: nude .2 by .7 nude elliptical
4,2 mV output

I don't know why the output is higher? Maybe it's lower compliance. Supposedly you can put anything from a 10s to a 14s on the same cart body.

Paul Green

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Topic - What to do with an Audio Technica cartridge AT14Sa? - lpspinner 12:56:09 09/19/06 (14)

Re: What to do with an Audio Technica cartridge AT14Sa? - mosin 15:17:49 09/19/06 (8)

Agree! - anumber1 15:58:59 09/19/06 (7)

Should I buy a NOS stylus? - lpspinner 16:22:38 09/19/06 (6)

They are available here (link) - HenryH 04:05:22 09/20/06 (0)

I belive the part number is going to be... - anumber1 16:54:49 09/19/06 (4)

Re: I belive the part number is going to be... - mosin 17:33:14 09/19/06 (3)

Lessor white bodied cart - creativepart 21:15:51 09/19/06 (2)

Re: Lessor white bodied cart - anumber1 04:17:56 09/20/06 (1)

I believe the white cartridge bodies were "house brand"..... - KVR 12:38:07 09/24/06 (0)

It's a good one - creativepart 13:30:23 09/19/06 (4)

Not sure... - 4yanx 21:54:20 09/19/06 (0)

Is the ATS12 the same stylus as the ATS14S? (nt) - lpspinner 16:34:03 09/19/06 (2)

Huh? - creativepart 21:12:11 09/19/06 (0)

Correction: is the ATS12 the same as the ATS12S? (nt) - lpspinner 16:35:28 09/19/06 (0)

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It's a good one - creativepart 13:30:23 09/19/06 (4)

Not sure... - 4yanx 21:54:20 09/19/06 (0)

Is the ATS12 the same stylus as the ATS14S? (nt) - lpspinner 16:34:03 09/19/06 (2)

Huh? - creativepart 21:12:11 09/19/06 (0)

Correction: is the ATS12 the same as the ATS12S? (nt) - lpspinner 16:35:28 09/19/06 (0)

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