The best of the elastomers from the 70s have a shelf life of 20 to 30 years. The compliance of that cartridge should be on its way down hill by now. Some manufacturers used natural rubber back then. Ron L wrote: > I know the cartridge is obsolete (if by that you mean, old). I bought it in > 1974. It is on the downstairs turntable I now use only for 78s. If I'd > gotten a 500 series or a 6800 series, I could still get styli easy. After > I'd had the retip done I did find a source for new ones in Japan but the > retip turned out to be less expensive. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org] On > Behalf Of Rich > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 12:56 PM > To: Antique Phonograph List > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shellac records and damage from steel needles > > Your problem might be that the cartridge is obsolete. Try the link to > the current catalog. > > https://system.netsuite.com/core/media/media.nl?id=11886&c=ACCT106601&h=ea8e > b7f71c2eceb07b71&_xt=.pdf&ck=0SLNvAETASXUXWIJ&vid=0SLNvAETAVXUXRX-&cktime=40 > 1&cart=4827670 > > Ron L wrote: >> AFAIK, Stanton does not supply new styli for the 6000 series cart. I'd > have >> gotten a 6027 if I could but as it turned out I got it retipped with a > nice >> 3 mil diamond which works better anyway. >> >> Ron > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > >