Whether you re selecting an entire turntable cartridge or just a replacement stylus you ll need to choose a stylus shape.
Ceramic stereo cartridge with stylus.
2 the moving magnet cartridge.
Spherical also known as conical elliptical also known as bi radial line also known as fine line or linear.
In most cases you will save time trouble if you proceed only if you are sure your cartridge is bad.
Original sonotone 3559 ceramic cartridge with lp 78 stylus identical to garrard ks41c fitted flip under dia 46 00 sonotone 3559 stereo ceramic cartridge lp 78.
Ceramic cartridge underside view showing stylus cartridge type no.
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Most of the time you only need to replace the needle.
The most common stylus form fitted is the flag turnover type having a 78 rpm needle on one side with an lp stereo needle on the other.
Various gramaphone and record record player types were supplied with a range of 78 mono lp and stereo ceramic pickup cartridges depending on model type.
Magnetic cartridges cannot be used or have a much shorter lifespan in damp climes as condensation can erode the metal parts of the pickup.
1950s sonotone 2t cartridge phonograph good used working.
This type works completely different than the ceramic cartridge.
Mantra audio was established in 1989 principally for supply by mail order of an extensive range of phono cartridges and replacement styli for turntables and record player systems as advertised regularly throughout the 1990s in what hifi hifi choice hifi news and more recently in hifi world and record collector.
A magnetic cartridge more commonly called a phonograph cartridge or phono cartridge or colloquially a pickup is an electromechanical transducer that is used to play records on a turntable.
Although many manufacturers have created their own proprietary designs e g.
Stylus ceramic ge4077 ge4100 05 07.
Sonotone 20t stereo cartridge with stylus full head see pictures.
Unlike a ceramic cartridge the back end of the stylus in a magnetic cartridge is not embedded in a block of material.
With over 800 ceramic cartridge types from which to choose your journey for the right ceramic pickup is near an end we know it is hard to match the right cartridge to your player.
Vintage audio equipment may need the ceramic cartridge s higher voltage output.
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Ceramic cartridges are used in environments which are easily disturbed and require the needle to stay in the groove.