Looks like it's time to re-post the specs for the LTD line and post the specs for the 980 LT "AfterChunky" p-mount model:...Ever heard of the Empire 980LT? I have had one for a while that looks exactly like a 1080LT, but for the model number. The plastic on the stylus is black, and it has a fine tie wire running horizontally under and back from the cantilever (perhaps what wualta meant in post #226) -- but I can't really tell whether it looks or ever looked to be gold-plated. ... I've looked in the standard places ... and found nothing on this model. ...
The spec sheet says that the 980 LT, even though it isn't called a GT, is supposed to have a Gold-Touched cantilever. Do I think it makes a whole lotta difference if it does or doesn't? Nah. But the lack of it might mean a given stylus isn't an original-genuine-Empire though still a who-knows-who-made-it-genuine-Empire.
If it's not original-genuine, it's not the end of the world, because if it sounds good, it is good.
In my photo archives, which even #%@* Photobucket cannot destroy, I have only very small lousy photos of the 980 LT. Lousy because they don't show whether or not the original stylus had a gold "LT" on top or whether it had the fine "safety filament"-- and yes, your description matches what I've seen on these styli. This same design feature shows up better (as a black line) on the S22E in the handy gif posted by turntableneedles.com:
Hmm.. I think we need to guilt-trip anyone who actually has an S980LT stylus into posting some closeups of its aforementioned features..
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