Pickering XSV/5000 question

I am a fan of the Stanton equivalent to the XSV7500, the 981LZS. And now you mention it, I remember that bit about the 5000/7500.

@lewm 

Yes it was Joseph who commented that the XSV 5000 stylus was in

fact the same as the low output XSV 7500 go figure, likely due to

the waning days of Pickering and vinyl. The body characteristics 

being the difference.

Stop the Spam please!

Thanks guys, if I check out the cartridge I'll look into a retip.

Joseph is in Hartford, CT, I think.  He is a good guy, I agree. I hadn't thought of that option because the question led me to think about a replacement assembly.

Dea @gorquin  : It's very good cartridge and you can send for retip/stylus to Joseph Long who can gives you all the alternatives for stylus shape, you can call him 8603380153. Recomended, is an expert re-tipper.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

The pic shows a stylus but I believe the tip is gone and one can still measure to see if the cartridge windings are open even without a stylus.

Check eBay for an OEM Pickering stylus assembly.  You might get lucky. I could be wrong but I think other top end OEM Pickering styli will fit, like XSV7500 and XSV4500 or 4000, I forget which of those.  I am not sure why you posted about the DCR, since the cartridge you are interested in has no stylus assembly at all, or so I was led to believe.  If you cannot find OEM, then LPGear and the like are the obvious alternative sources.

OK, I did some searching and it turns out the Pickering XSV/5000 had a DC Resistance of 600 Ohms.

Any opinions/experience with the LPGear replacement stylus?