[roscoeiii]

For sale is a Pickering XSV-3000 MM cart with a low hours elliptical stylus (not the original Stereohedron). According to Vinyl Engine this Pickering  is a rebadged Stanton 881S, and the cart includes the distinctive (and removeable) Stanton brush that preceeds the needle on the record. I bought this from a dealer with a new stylus. The cart has had only about 100 hours on it so far. I have since moved to LOMC carts & a heavy tonearm best suited to them and so I am selling of the MM carts in my collection. Look for other ads for the rest of my MM collection (a Shure M91ED with a Jico SAS, an Ortofon 540, and an Audio Techinica AT95E). I will try to post ads for them in the next day or so, and am happy to sell a cartridge combo pack so you can hear first hand what works best in your system according to your preferences.

For the Pickering I'd like $130 shipped.

Let me know if you have any questions or are interested in any of the other carts mentioned here that I probably won't have time to list today.

[roscoeiii]

Bump.

[neobop]

BUMP for an apparently overlooked ad.  I have a Stanton 980 that takes the same stylus as an 881 and I'm using a Pickering 3001 stylus.  I didn't realize the 881 generator was identical to the 3000.  This is a very nice cart.  I believe Doug Sax used it to check LPs.   It will take any Pickering 3000 through 5000 stylus- nude diamonds with short cantilevers.  It will also take a Pickering 7500 stylus.  There are also aftermarket styli available with shibata tips.

The 881 is eminently listenable.  Nice detail and a sweet high end, you can't get close to this for less than 3 or 4 times the price in a new cart.  Best with med/light arms and will out-track just about anything. Kevin (KAB) told me it out-tracked every cart he tested.  I had an 881 and you couldn't hope for a nicer back-up cart or daily driver for this money.

Is the Ortofon still available?  Is it a MKII, standard mount? I don't know what the difference is, but the MKII frequency response is 20 - 20K +/- 1.5dB, and -3dB @ 27K.  If I had any money I'd make you an offer.
neo

[roscoeiii]

Thanks for the bump. The Pickering is still available. The Ortofon is sold though.