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Re: vintage UNKNOWN stanton dynaphase

Hi, Dave:

Yes, one of the unique features of the EPA-500 design was the interchangeability of these various arms or "wands", if you will.

Each one was specially engineered to accommodate various compliances among cartridges and each one was essentially self-balanced, so when the time came to exchange arms and cartridges, all that was necessary was to loosen a special thumb screw and slide out the wand to replace it with another.

This is how I have my EPA-500 set up. I have a moving coil in one wand and when it comes time to spin 78s, I change the wand for another which has a special truncated eliptical cartridge in it for that specific purpose. The turntable is a Thorens TD-126-III.

Also of significance is the nature of the special design of the EPA-500 base. It has a calibrated helical gear, much like the sort of thing you see in good telefoto lenses of Japanese manufacture. This allows precise calibration of vertical tracking angle so you can adjust each wand/cartridge to special playback requirements.

I have never seen such a sophisticated design since the EPA-500 was on the market.

Also: each wand came in its own very heavy, thick lucite case, complete with the technical information on the materials from which it was made and its compliance.

How cool is that?

WAY COOL!

Richard Links
Berkeley, CA


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