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ADC XLM/QLM Cartridge bodies, stylus replacement question

scootchu

scootchu

Dear Sir or Madman
First I want to say I did do a search and what I found was that the XLM QLM series from ADC is highly thought of. That makes me happy because I have two of them. One is an Integra and that had a XLM Mk I stylus on it and the other cart had a QLM 36? on it. The QLM seemed like it has some issues so out of curiousity I placed the XLM stylus on the QLM body and was very pleasantly suprised. So now I believe that QLM 36 stylus is shot, but having two good cart bodies is a good thing especially having heard what they are capable of.

Now I know the whole XLM / QLM line is supposed to be interchangable and feel free to correct me on that. My question, with the previous statement believed true, is which replacement stylus would give me the most bang for my buck. I don't want to go crazy and spend a lot. I just want to drop off right before the point of diminshing return.

I will say this. I swapped a Shure V15 II with the ADC last night and I couldn't believe what I was hearing and that was a positive.
 
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The K8E isn't bad for the QLM 36. I had bought a QLM 34 and latter tried the K8E and it was in fact a better stylus and tracked at a lower force. I will tell one other thing. If you chance across a Super XLM buy it as it tracks like a bandit only thing is I didn't like about it was it seem to really show off bad sounding records if there were scratched.
The K8E will work I believe with integra but be fore warned I had two integras and they both developed a bad left channel. Hak fixed the one for me and it worked for awhile then died again.
 
Stanton681EEES said:
The K8E isn't bad for the QLM 36. I had bought a QLM 34 and latter tried the K8E and it was in fact a better stylus and tracked at a lower force. I will tell one other thing. If you chance across a Super XLM buy it as it tracks like a bandit only thing is I didn't like about it was it seem to really show off bad sounding records if there were scratched.
The K8E will work I believe with integra but be fore warned I had two integras and they both developed a bad left channel. Hak fixed the one for me and it worked for awhile then died again.
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Thanks, they both came with $5/piece TT's so they owe me nothing and now that I know they interchange I don't mind investing in a stylus or two.
 
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