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Stylii advice needed
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 |
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Stylii advice needed
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. |
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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 |
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