What is it in MM that can give me goose-bumps? 🤔

@anthonyaI have all of them (high output XSV/5000, low output XLZ/4500, XLZ/7500), fully original with Stereohedron styli, using Jico or any other fake styli on Stanton/Picekring makes no sense. Genuine Pickering/Stanton top models goes up in price in time and the reason is outstanding sound quality.

My favorite Stanton is CS-100 WOS with Stereohedron mkII 

@chakster 

good to know. 

Any carts that worth its time using jico? 

@anthonya : Jico SAS with:  Garrot, Shure, JVC and some others.


R.

@chakster

good to know.

Any carts that worth its time using jico?

Hico made some many cheap styli just to let people buy something for their old cheap cartridges. JICO SAS is extremely expensive profile and not available for all cartridges. I think it’s better to invest in original design and to fidn a genuine stylus if the price difference between original and JIC SAS is not big. As far as I know SAS is not available for Stanton/Pickering. Look for original Stereohedron. BTW the price you have mentioned from someone else for XSV/5000 is a fair price in my opinion. If the XSV/3000 is something like $350 then each next upper model is +$200 at least (and there are XLZ4500, XSV/5000, XLZ/7500). 

Dear @anthonya :  Due that the Stanton caNTILEVER/STYLUS HOLDER IS WAY RESONANT BECAUSE  it don't rest in the cartridge body tight as shouldbe then the best Stanton ever is the 981 with a Pickering top original cantilever/stylus holder that even in its constructionis way more solid that the Stanton one and additional to that it rest tight inside the 981. No one Stanton/Pickering can beats it.

I know that because I own the 981 and Pickering too and I tested in that way to see what happens and you know what: there is no return, outstanding quality performance levels. I posted this more than one time in the MM long thread.

R.