"Ian Pollard" wrote in message

Hi
I have just started copying some of my old 78 RPM discs to CD
for convenience and was wondering how much difference a cartridge
change would make. I am presently using a BSR crystal cartridge with
turnover stylus. I am not entirely happy with the quality of the
sound and was wondering if anyone can recommend a cartridge stylus
option to give better quality whilst still giving sufficient output
to drive my sound card.

As you probably know, crystal cartridges were the bottom of the barrell in
the days of vinyl. Not only that, but they were frequently mounted in
turntables of equal or worse quality.

The crystal cartridge gives an output of
700mV which is rather high and tends to over drive the soundcard. I
am using a Goldring Lenco GL75 turntable and BSRSX6H cartridge and
stylus. Any advice regarding CD copying with a PC would be
appreciated, especially regarding cartridge/stylus. TIA.

Just about any decent cartridge will be magnetic and therefore require a
preamp. Many options exist - these guys have an exhaustive list of options,
some of which should also be availble in the UK:
http://www.kabusa.com/frameset.htm?index.htm

As far as cartridges go - its a matter of what your pocketbook and turntable
will support.

The Lenco GL75 looks like about one and-a-half cuts higher than the bottom
of the barrel. You don't want to try any cartridge that is too sensitive or
has too low of a tracking force in it. The Shure in particular looks like it
might be robust enough for the arm.

http://www.shure.com/phono/m78s.asp

http://www.needledoctor.com/s.nl/sc....t.A/id.1057/.f



Here's some good articles about transcribing LPs:

http://www.a-reny.com/iexplorer/restauration.html

http://www.delback.co.uk/lp-cdr.htm