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I purchased this AT15Ea cartridge a couple years ago. It has been in storage for some time. It is a fine performer and cosmetically like new. Audio is excellent. The new extra elliptical stylus shown, included, was bought from W Thakker in Germany and was manufactured by JICO so I have been told. Tracking is recommended at 1.25g -1.4g.
This Cartridge is part at the 1980s AT15/20 Series. AT15XE, AT15Ea, AT15S, AT15Sla, AT20Sla, AT15ss and AT20ss. The cartridges of the series are the same with the variations designated to the Styli [and colours] used on the various models, eg. the AT15/20ss had beryllium cantilevers with shibata styli and gold colour cartridge. The AT20 series differed from the AT15 series as they were hand selected as the best of the manufactured batch on testing parameters and performance.
These were regarded as some of the finest series of Moving Magnet cartridges ever made.
Original styli are still available should you wish to do that, to get it back to original specifications. However you would need to be selective in this case, as in many cases the 30+year old [new old stock] styli will have over this time developed hardened cantilever suspension, with the result of poor mids and restricted high frequency. Poor dynamics.
Sometimes a recent manufactured generic replacement is the better option. You can get these in Conical, Elliptical and Shibata Stylus versions and are priced accordingly. They do sound good. A Shibata Stylus addition to this cartridge would upgrade it from its original elliptical designated stylus.
This cartridge comes with brand new additional Generic Jico AT15XE elliptical stylus assembly [$48 cost + shipping from Germany]. It is a really nice unit. So don’t miss out!
The AT15Ea and XE [eliptical stylus] had silver/grey casing. The AT15 and AT20 S [Shibata stylus] Series had gold casing. Same cartridge all round.
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Category: Electronics:Home Audio Stereos, Components:Record Players/Home Turntables
Location: Adelaide