A used Grado which will undoubtedly sound infinitely better than the
average cartridge, should cost about half of that.
In article <KrLPj.53803$612.3645@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
<rpedley@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> You may or may not need an entire cartridge/stylus combo. Unless there
is
> nothing at all on the end of the tone arm, then you probably just need a
new
> stylus. I dealt with this company online a couple of months ago, and had
a
> new stylus in three days. Expect to pay about $40 incl. delivery.
>
> http://www.lpgear.com/
>
> LPs have their downside too; they warp easily, they scratch easily, and
they
> play back with hiss/pop/crackle even when they're brand new. And
eventually,
> they plain wear out if you play them enough times. And they're limited
to no
> more than 27-28 minutes per side max. I have a few coloured/transparent
ones
> too, and there are many turntables with auto-sensors for record size
that
> won't play a transparent record without first laying something on the
> turntable to block out the sensors so they "think" an LP is there.
>
>
> "Bruce Atchison - author" <batchison@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:61f4e$480dece8$12738@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > What I could do with are needles for my turntable. Does anybody know
a
> > supplier? Too bad the government doesn't have a needle exchange
program
> for
> > us vinyl junkies.
> >
> > What I love about vinyl is the size of the disk. When I bought an LP,
I
> > felt like I really purchased something. CDs are so flimsy and small.
One
> > scratch and they stop playing. You can't get much in the way of a
gate
> fold
> > with a CD. One of my Bee Gees LPs has a fold-out of the band members.
> The
> > print on an LP isn't microscopic either. Some records have clear
vinyl
> > while others come in various colours. Some folks have dissed picture
> disks
> > but I think they're great. I have a Beatles Down Under interview CD
> picture
> > disk and it's one of my favourites. I doubt I'll part with that or my
EMI
> > pressings of The Beatles albums.
> >
> > Respectfully,
> >
> > Bruce Atchison - author of Deliverance from Jericho (Six Years in a
Blind
> > School) and When a Man Loves a Rabbit ((Learning and Living With
Bunnies).
> >
> >
>
http://www.bookstream.biz/cgi-bin/bookstream/bookstore.cgi?overlord=Details&
> store_id=132
> >
> > http://www.bookadz.com/whenaman.htm
> >
> >
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