Factory marked "Stanton Q" in silver on black body
Not guaranteed to convert your Stanton stereo cartridge into a quad unless it is installed in a Stanton 780 cartridge as originally intended.
Replaces: STANTON 4DQ 4Q needles Used In: STANTON 780 discrete quad cartridge Original needle color is usually: BLACK NOTE: Because this needle is designed for use specifically with STANTON cartridges, it can be found in numerous brands of turntables. In some cases the cartridges for this needle may be original equipment supplied with a new turntable, but was also likely to have been selected at time of sale to complete a turntable sold without a cartridge or later as an upgrade to the original cartridge supplied by the turntable manufacturer. This needle should be matched primarily to the STANTON cartridge type not necessarily the turntable. QUAD channel needles are stereo ready but require a compatible record and receiver/amp to reproduce 4 channel sound. 4DQ 4Q 4DQQ