Stanton started manufacturing phonograph components in 1946 with the invention of a replaceable stylus for record players. One of their main products is the phonograph cartridge, which contains the stylus that produces sounds as it moves through the record's grooves.
The Stanton Universal Cartridge series is designed for phonographs with standard or 1/2-inch P-mounts. The P-mount is the mounting hardware that connects the cartridge to the arm.
The L747 cartridge is in the high end of the series.
Stylus Information
The L747 has a Stereohedron stylus type. It's designed to read four-channel stereo tracks, which is how sounds are encoded onto modern records.
The stylus tip (basically, the needle itself), has a radius of .3 mm. It's 2.8 mm long.
It applies between .75 and 1.7 grams in force to the record itself.
Audio Quality
The L747 offers a frequency response (the quality of the sound reproduction) between 10,000 and 25,000 Hz.
It puts out 1.2 megavolts of sound for every centimeter traveled per second. This is the strength of the signal as the record spins on the turntable.
Other Details
The channel balance reflects the balance of sound between left and right speakers in stereo systems. On the L747, the balance is 2 dB.
The L747 weighs six grams. You want to make sure that your cartridge does not weigh more than the phonograph arm can support.
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