Audio-Technica AT 14s cartridge advice!

[wasclywabbit]

You're welcome. And yup, in this case it's a bit confusing - because for whatever odd reason Pfanstiehl has sorted needles for two not quite compatible families into the same group. In my view 200-DEX for the ATN12XE and 200-DQX for the ATN12S (and 200-DQ for the ATS12S) would have been a lot more logical.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

Kinda late to this thread. I have an AT-14S and the (variant?) ATPRO14S. So far I've been buying up NOS ATS-14's as replacement styli. I also had one retipped by Steve at VAS (a hypereliptical). Sounds like there may also be an alternate to the ATS-14? I love these carts and want to keep my options open. Any thoughts will be greatly appreciated.

 

[lini]

(...) Sounds like there may also be an alternate to the ATS-14? (...)

Depends. If you want a line-contact type tip and originally made by AT, besides the ATS14 there only are the VM35-FD and the 4DT-20X as directly compatible needle types (at least as far as I'm aware). Whereas the other two directly comptible needle types (VM35-EL & ATS13) are ellipticals, as already mentioned above. But of course you could alternatively also consider cantilever assembly transplantation.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini