[BC] The economy and used gear

[Dana Puopolo]

Later on, Audio Technica made some great sounding professional cartridges.
Shure also came out with the SC30, a quite rugged but fairly good sounding
cartridge.
The Stanton 500s were ok for AM, but I only used 681s on FM.
Many ppl did not know that Pickering was also Stanton and many of the cheap
Pickering cartridges were Stanton 500s. This was handy because I was able to
buy Pickering/Stanton styli on sale cheaply at Lafayette when they were on
sale there.

-D

From: Jerry Mathis <thebeaver32 at gmail.com>

Later I discovered Stanton, and put them in all the stations I engineered
for. Never had one bend, they would last until the tip wore out. Used the
500 series in your typical CW and Rock stations, as that was the one
designed for broadcast use, but at a classical music station I worked at, I
put in the 681 series, IIRC. The styli had elliptical tips that were
SUPPOSED to sound better and make the records last longer.

Once I got away from Shure, I never looked back. They were junk as far as I
was concerned.