rread13
AK Member
Hi all!
This has been a great thread for us Sonus fans/owners. I recently acquired a very good condition Sonus Blue Label cartridge and stylus from an Ebay auction for the unbelievable price of $22.50! I couldn't believe I was the high bidder and won this classic cartridge for such a low, low price! Sometimes you get lucky now and then.
I have it installed on one of my HK/Rabco wands/arms from my collection of tables (2-ST7's and 1-ST8's). I have 4-wands/arms and like to roll my cartridges once and a while between my office system and my main system. The cantilevers suspension seemed to be compliant, I have only used it now for maybe a 20-30 hour period and the initial impressions are very good. It has no problems tracking any of the albums I have played so far, and no signs of distortion or sibilance.
I read about soaking the suspension in 91% isopropal alcohol for a few hours and then letting it dry to rejuvenate the rubber and to straighten twisted cantilevers from the drying out (suspension collapse from hardening rubber). Mine looked like it was ok, but I decided to give it a try and see/hear if mine improves any from this technique. I'll be back to comment after it is done soaking and drying and leave my feedback.
Here are some pictures of the cartridge mounted on my HK/Rabco ST7 wand on my main table, and a few shots of the cartridge as I received it.
This has been a great thread for us Sonus fans/owners. I recently acquired a very good condition Sonus Blue Label cartridge and stylus from an Ebay auction for the unbelievable price of $22.50! I couldn't believe I was the high bidder and won this classic cartridge for such a low, low price! Sometimes you get lucky now and then.
I have it installed on one of my HK/Rabco wands/arms from my collection of tables (2-ST7's and 1-ST8's). I have 4-wands/arms and like to roll my cartridges once and a while between my office system and my main system. The cantilevers suspension seemed to be compliant, I have only used it now for maybe a 20-30 hour period and the initial impressions are very good. It has no problems tracking any of the albums I have played so far, and no signs of distortion or sibilance.
I read about soaking the suspension in 91% isopropal alcohol for a few hours and then letting it dry to rejuvenate the rubber and to straighten twisted cantilevers from the drying out (suspension collapse from hardening rubber). Mine looked like it was ok, but I decided to give it a try and see/hear if mine improves any from this technique. I'll be back to comment after it is done soaking and drying and leave my feedback.
Here are some pictures of the cartridge mounted on my HK/Rabco ST7 wand on my main table, and a few shots of the cartridge as I received it.