PHONO CARTRIDGES, STYLI, Repairs & Re-tipping

PHONO CARTRIDGES - ENTRY LEVEL MOVING MAGNET

A selection that includes brands such as Audio Technica and Ortofon.

GARROTT CARTRIDGE REPAIRS & RE-TIPPING

If you have a high quality cartridge which you wish to upgrade, or one which has lost its diamond stylus, use registered post to send it to us for retipping. Turnaround time for the service is usually 3 - 6 weeks.

PHONO CARTRIDGES - MOVING COIL

Moving coil cartridges are generally regarded as providing the best performance, but they are expensive to manufacture and therefore range from medium prices to stratospheric. The majority have a very low output which requires a different circuit and more amplification than a moving magnet cartridges. Make sure your phono preamp has an MC setting for these. There are a few moving coil cartridges that have a higher output and these can be used with the MM setting of a phono preamp.

Typically, moving coil cartridges are heavier than moving magnet, and with lower compliance are more suited to medium and higher mass tonearms.

Another characteristic of moving coil cartridges is that they do not have removable stylus assemblies which means that if the diamond is worn the whole cartridge has to be replaced or sent for re-tipping at a service such as the Garrott Lab. Some manufacturers (such as Ortofon) have a tradein scheme whereby you receive a discount (usually about 10% of the original price) off the price of the same or higher priced cartridge. 

PHONO CARTRIDGES - MOVING MAGNET

Moving magnet cartridges range in price from well under $100 to over $1000. They offer the best performance and value for money in the lower price ranges compared to moving coil. A major advantage is the fact that their stylus assemblies are removable so can be replaced at typically 50 to 75% of the cost of a new cartridge.

STYLI

A stylus assembly consists of a plastic moulding, suspension "rubber", cantilever, and diamond tip. The term needle is often used for a record player's pointy bit but that goes back to the very early gramophones where a piece of sharpened wood or metal like a needle was used to track the grooves of a 78 rpm record. Once microgroove vinyl records became the standard the "needles" have been diamond tipped cantilevers of various designs and qualities.

We have a sister site that specialises in Stylus Replacement: www.soundring.com.au

 

 

 



 OC9XEN Moving coil stereo cartridge

AUDIO TECHNICA

OC9XEN Moving coil stereo cartridge

Low mass nude elliptical stylus and aluminium cantilever

$699.00 ATOC9XEN

2M 78 stylus

ORTOFON

2M 78 stylus

Genuine Ortofon 2M 78 replacement stylus

$149.00 O2MS78

32% OFF RRP $219.00
2M Black LVB 250 mm cartridge

ORTOFON

2M Black LVB 250 mm cartridge

Boron cantilever, nude shibata stylus

$1,799.00 O2MBKLVB250

2M Black LVB 250 nude shibata stylus

ORTOFON

2M Black LVB 250 nude shibata stylus

Boron cantilever

$1,049.00 O2MSBKLVB250

30% OFF RRP $1,499.00
2M Black nude shibata stylus

ORTOFON

2M Black nude shibata stylus

$629.00 O2MSBK

30% OFF RRP $899.00
2M Blue nude elliptical stylus

ORTOFON

2M Blue nude elliptical stylus

$179.00 O2MSBL

33% OFF RRP $269.00
2M Bronze nude fine line stylus

ORTOFON

2M Bronze nude fine line stylus

$379.00 O2MSBR

31% OFF RRP $549.00
2M Red elliptical stylus

ORTOFON

2M Red elliptical stylus

$84.00 O2MSRE

33% OFF RRP $125.00
3mil Round Stylus for 78rpm

JICO

3mil Round Stylus for 78rpm

$60.00 160733

40% OFF RRP $100.00
Adikt mm cartridge

LINN

Adikt mm cartridge

$995.00 lnADKT

ART9X Flagship Moving Coil Cartridges

AUDIO TECHNICA

ART9X Flagship Moving Coil Cartridges

Shibata or Special Line Contact diamonds

From $2,299.00 ATART9X

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AT33SA Moving Coil Cartridge

AUDIO TECHNICA

AT33SA Moving Coil Cartridge

The first AT cartridge to feature a Shibata stylus

$1,199.00 AT33SA

AT81CP P-mount cartridge including stylus

AUDIO TECHNICA

AT81CP P-mount cartridge including stylus

Genuine Audio Technica

$79.95 AT81CP

Cadenza Black

ORTOFON

Cadenza Black

$3,349.00 OCBK

36% OFF RRP $5,199.00
Cadenza Blue

ORTOFON

Cadenza Blue

$2,099.00 OCBU

35% OFF RRP $3,249.00
Cadenza Bronze

ORTOFON

Cadenza Bronze

$2,749.00 OCBZ

36% OFF RRP $4,299.00
Cadenza Mono mc cartridge

ORTOFON

Cadenza Mono mc cartridge

$2,299.00 OCM

Cadenza Red

ORTOFON

Cadenza Red

$1,499.00 OCRD

36% OFF RRP $2,349.00
DS-E3 optical phono cartridge & equalizer

DS Audio

DS-E3 optical phono cartridge & equalizer

Phono stage not required

$4,500.00 DSE3

Elliptical stylus for  K1, K2, K3

GARROTT

Elliptical stylus for K1, K2, K3

$250.00 GKS2

Elliptical stylus for AT95E

AUDIO TECHNICA

Elliptical stylus for AT95E

$66.00 ATN95E

Elliptical stylus for AT95EX cartridge

AUDIO TECHNICA

Elliptical stylus for AT95EX cartridge

For the LP5 turntable

$79.95 ATN95EX

Elliptical stylus for MP-110 and MP-11 cartridges

NAGAOKA

Elliptical stylus for MP-110 and MP-11 cartridges

$89.00 JNP110

Elliptical stylus for MP-200 cartridges

NAGAOKA

Elliptical stylus for MP-200 cartridges

$289.00 JNP200

3% OFF RRP $299.00