Kuja
Active Member
Hello!
Did anybody here compare Ortofon MM cartridges (let's say... 2M, Super OM, 5xx/Vinyl Master...)
with the Stanton 681EEE with a Jico Shibata stylus?
My old 681EEE with the original stylus was sitting in a drawer for some 30 years.
I dug it out and mounted it on a Technics SL-151 MkII Quartz with a SME 3009 series II improved (fixed headshell).
It sounded very bad - heavy one-note massive bass, no "air".
Stereo image became almost mono - it collapsed and was stuffed into a narrow tunnel between the speakers.
The sound was very tiring - I had a feeling of discomfort in my ears, similar to blocked ears due to the airplane air pressure.
Ortofon Super OM 30 on Thorens TD-126 MkI with SME 3009 s2imp sounds waaaaay better - spacious, precise, liquid, etc.
I know that the original EEE stylus is very old and that the suspension is deteriorated, but I'm not sure what will I get if I order the Jico Shibata.
I'm using Ortofon MMs almost exclusively,
so they are my personal reference
and I would like to know how 681 with Jico Shibata would sound compared to them.
Thanks in advance!
Did anybody here compare Ortofon MM cartridges (let's say... 2M, Super OM, 5xx/Vinyl Master...)
with the Stanton 681EEE with a Jico Shibata stylus?
My old 681EEE with the original stylus was sitting in a drawer for some 30 years.
I dug it out and mounted it on a Technics SL-151 MkII Quartz with a SME 3009 series II improved (fixed headshell).
It sounded very bad - heavy one-note massive bass, no "air".
Stereo image became almost mono - it collapsed and was stuffed into a narrow tunnel between the speakers.
The sound was very tiring - I had a feeling of discomfort in my ears, similar to blocked ears due to the airplane air pressure.
Ortofon Super OM 30 on Thorens TD-126 MkI with SME 3009 s2imp sounds waaaaay better - spacious, precise, liquid, etc.
I know that the original EEE stylus is very old and that the suspension is deteriorated, but I'm not sure what will I get if I order the Jico Shibata.
I'm using Ortofon MMs almost exclusively,
so they are my personal reference
and I would like to know how 681 with Jico Shibata would sound compared to them.
Thanks in advance!
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