So, I recently had a good turn of Audiokarma. At a yard sale I spy an old Fisher tube tuner for $10—scroe! And an ancient Elac changer that had no plinth. The owner begged me to take the table which I had no desire to do but I did anyways. I get it home and find the cartridge installed is an ELAC STS200, reportedly one of the first stereo cartridges ever made—1957. I was shocked to see that these actually sell for pretty big bucks.
I send away for a new stylus from VOM and now have it installed on an AR-XA tracking at 4 grams, (specs say 4-6). I’m not overly impressed right now although it did sound great playing thick DG classical albums. I would love to have an old Empire or ROK to throw this on but that is not in the cards right now. I don’t plan on playing my MFSL’s with it, but I do like the idea of playing old Jazz and Classical LP’s with it.
So now the question is what to do?
Is the AR-XA / STS200 matchup too poor to evaluate the sound of this cart?
I’m thinking of installing this on my Dual 1209, any thoughts on the arm/cart matchup here?
Or am I just ruining my records at 4 grams?
Either way, I’m determined to hear what this cart sounds like before I attempt to monetize it.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
I send away for a new stylus from VOM and now have it installed on an AR-XA tracking at 4 grams, (specs say 4-6). I’m not overly impressed right now although it did sound great playing thick DG classical albums. I would love to have an old Empire or ROK to throw this on but that is not in the cards right now. I don’t plan on playing my MFSL’s with it, but I do like the idea of playing old Jazz and Classical LP’s with it.
So now the question is what to do?
Is the AR-XA / STS200 matchup too poor to evaluate the sound of this cart?
I’m thinking of installing this on my Dual 1209, any thoughts on the arm/cart matchup here?
Or am I just ruining my records at 4 grams?
Either way, I’m determined to hear what this cart sounds like before I attempt to monetize it.
Thanks in advance for any advice!