The thing that puzzles me about the standard way to connect a cartridge, is that the cartridges themselves have four pins arrayed in a block. This seems perfect to be mated to... I don't know... a plug? Why do we have to connect individual wires to the four pins when a plug would make more sense?
Auris tonearm upgrade for Sota Moonbeam?
I had trouble with broken leads on the OEM Rega 202 tonearm that is fitted on my Sota Moonbeam (2015 vintage) and was wondering if the new Auris W10 tonearm would be a useful upgrade. Thoughts?
https://www.audiogon.com/listings/lisbag4f-auris-audio-w10-tone-arm-tonearms
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I would suspect b/c of weight. |
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I didn't realize that there was no standard configuration for the pins on cartridges, that's funny after all these years, to learn this. The headshell wires from Sota have a small tip of bare wire which has been soldered to the clip, and the rest of the wire is insulated, so the tiny bit of fine wire really wants to break off from the solder since it is trapped there with no flexibility. I see how some glue could help the situation. |
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