Woot! Decca cartridge bargain
Paratrace is the closest profile to Stereohedron patented by Stanton and manufactured by Extert Stylus in the UK back in the day (correct me if i'm wrong). Every Stanton owner should know that Expert Stylus is the company specializing in refurbishing Stanton/Pickering cartridges today. Never tried Paratrace myself, but i can trust Nandric. What i know for sure is that Stereohedron is superb, but not available any longer! |
What i know for sure is that Stereohedron is superbHear Hear! I have one (Stanton D881S). I came by it while helping a friend. He wanted me to service his Thorens 124, so I did. It had the Stanton. He said it was crap and throw it out; I’d never heard of it (this was many many years ago) but was curious: every unknown cartridge deserves a chance. The stylus was encrusted with black hard crud, I wasn’t even sure there was a stone under it. No solvent, no brush or machine made a dent in that crust. I had to use a scalpel blade — with extreme care — and finally carved it all away. The stone was there, bright and gleaming. Under a 60X scope, it looked good too: sharp tip, clean lines, like new (though I know more X is needed to really see wear). After all that work, I hoped it was at least decent, and with some trepidation I played a record... IT BLEW MY MIND |
@bimasta haha, nice, you can't go wrong with Doug Sax's disc mastering monitoring cartridge. |
