Keith G wrote:
"jasee" wrote in message
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Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
jasee wrote:
It contains the Numark Groovetool cartridge (or similar) 'A high
value, adjustable cartridge in a traditional headshell mount design
-- great sound, great tracking! 6 mil spherical diamond cartridge
with 2.5g to
3.5g tracking force.' which should do wonders for your record
collection :-)
Must be a ceramic as the output of anything else wouldn't be high
enough, I think.
If it's USB surely it has a built in preamp and A-D convertor?
Yes, of course. (I'd forgotten USB) But at about £12 for the cartridge, I
can't imagine it would be even moving magnet.


The Goldring Elan retails for about 19 quid retail - my local telly shop
pays about 7 quid each for them in boxes of a dozen or so (set in rows, in
polystyrene) and sells a continuous stream of them to people wanting 'a new
cartridge'.

I was given one to fit to a Thorens that I borrowed to audition and it
sounded perfectly fine, see:

http://www.apah69.dsl.pipex.com/show/elan.JPG



I think I paid a little over 20 quid for an Ortofon OM5E, which sounds
perfectly OK on my (cheap) turntable.

Matt