Benjaminbear
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- Jun 16, 2009
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- 11
Hi,
I have this old Dynavox portable record player I'm trying to fix, the platter spins and the amp works, but I get no sound when playing records. It uses some obscure Astatic cartridge that is double-sided (One side plays 33s and 45s, the other side is for 78s), there is no marking on the cartridge so I don't know the model of it. I'm pretty sure it's a ceramic cartridge as far as I can tell.
My question: The tonearm has screw holes 1/2" apart, can I wire a standard cartridge in there?
Edit: Ok nevermind, it looks like I can't without modifying the amplifier section. I'll just get a different tonearm that uses a less obscure cartridge.
I have this old Dynavox portable record player I'm trying to fix, the platter spins and the amp works, but I get no sound when playing records. It uses some obscure Astatic cartridge that is double-sided (One side plays 33s and 45s, the other side is for 78s), there is no marking on the cartridge so I don't know the model of it. I'm pretty sure it's a ceramic cartridge as far as I can tell.
My question: The tonearm has screw holes 1/2" apart, can I wire a standard cartridge in there?
Edit: Ok nevermind, it looks like I can't without modifying the amplifier section. I'll just get a different tonearm that uses a less obscure cartridge.