ELAC STS-444-E
Not much is documented about the Elac STS-444-E. No factory specs, manuals, or production dates have turned up in the Archive's sources. The period audio press did notice it, though, and what survives points to a respectable stereo cartridge from Elac's late-1960s line.
HiFi/Stereo Review (July 1968, p.58) included the STS-444-E in its "Laboratory Tests of Eleven Stereo Cartridges." Three Elac models were in the group, the others being the STS 244-17 and STS 344-17. The lab work was done by Julian D. Hirsch and Gladden B. Houck. Audio (January 1969, p.56) also profiled it in its Equipment Profiles column, listing it simply as the "Elac Model STS-444-E Stereo Cartridge."
The only detailed measurements come from a follow-up HiFi/Stereo Review report (July 1969, p.60). Frequency response was smooth, with a slight rise at 14 kHz. Channel separation was 25-30 dB up to 8 kHz, then dropped to 5-10 dB above 10 kHz. That is all the known record has.
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