[raker]

Hi,
I posted this in what I thought was another thread, but that seems to have been a moderated group. My mistake.

I'm new here so please forgive me if this question has been asked or answered before.
I have a Dual turntable model 506 which I'm fond of.
I need to replace the stylus but can't find an original anywhere and am faced with purchasing a copy.
The firm i see mentioned the most is 'The Diamond Stylus Company'
I maybe have an unreasonable predjudice here as the only two copy styluses I've bought in the past turned out to be useless. They were for a Sure cartridge in the 70's and were bought at Tandy.
I'm on a tight budget and live in Aberdeen where there are no second hand hi fi shops so basically my choices are
1. copy stylus
2. Somehow adapt the arm to take a cartridge with a standard 1/2" fitting
3. Goldring gr 1.2 turntable / debut iii

I feel there are too many possibilities for chaos with ebay so that's not an option.

Any thought would be greatly appreciated - the heart of the matter is to preserve my vinyl collection whilst still being able to enjoy it.
Raker

[Mark D. Zacharias]

raker wrote:
Hi,
I posted this in what I thought was another thread, but that seems to
have been a moderated group. My mistake.

I'm new here so please forgive me if this question has been asked or
answered before.
I have a Dual turntable model 506 which I'm fond of.
I need to replace the stylus but can't find an original anywhere and
am faced with purchasing a copy.
The firm i see mentioned the most is 'The Diamond Stylus Company'
I maybe have an unreasonable predjudice here as the only two copy
styluses I've bought in the past turned out to be useless. They were
for a Sure cartridge in the 70's and were bought at Tandy.
I'm on a tight budget and live in Aberdeen where there are no second
hand hi fi shops so basically my choices are
1. copy stylus
2. Somehow adapt the arm to take a cartridge with a
standard 1/2" fitting
3. Goldring gr 1.2 turntable / debut iii

I feel there are too many possibilities for chaos with ebay so
that's not an option.

Any thought would be greatly appreciated - the heart of the matter is
to preserve my vinyl collection whilst still being able to enjoy it.
Raker

If it's a Dual with a non-standard cartridge mount, it must be an Ortofon
cartridge. I've recently been able to get them from Bluz Broz / Extreme
Audio in Florida. There should be some number on it like 10, 20, etc. If so
this would use an OM 10 , 20, etc stylus. The Ortofon Digitrac series can
also use these stylii. The 10 is WAY cheaper than the 20.

(954) 938-9889

Tell Alan that Mark at Electronic Wizards in Wichita KS said "Hi".


Mark Z.

[raker]

Originally Posted by Mark D. Zacharias

raker wrote:[color=blue][i]


If it's a Dual with a non-standard cartridge mount, it must be an Ortofon
cartridge. I've recently been able to get them from Bluz Broz / Extreme
Audio in Florida. There should be some number on it like 10, 20, etc. If so
this would use an OM 10 , 20, etc stylus. The Ortofon Digitrac series can
also use these stylii. The 10 is WAY cheaper than the 20.

(954) 938-9889

Tell Alan that Mark at Electronic Wizards in Wichita KS said "Hi".


Mark Z.

Thanks Mark.
I Live in Scotland so I'll probably try to find something more local first, to save postage etc.
Great tip about Ortofon - I'll email them today and see what they say.
Thanks
Raker