+1 czarivey. The desirable vintage Stanton is the 681 “calibration standard” compared to which the 680 is a looser spec. $50 is robbery for that cartridge, but unbending the body to be squared to the mounting wings should be easy enough then a stylus in better shape will get you going.
Vintage Stanton cartridge — extreme lean to one side normal?
I just got this vintage Stanton D680EE and found that it leans to one side quite dramatically. Is this normal? The cart doesn’t appear to be damaged in any way, so it’s as if it came this way from the factory.
Also of note is that it has on old, possibly original stylus, and it is canted to one side as if it spent a great many years compensating for the lean.
What do you think? Normal? Defective?
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