Linear tracking turntables, whatever happened?

Well I ponied up and bought a Nagaoka c502mp cart for my SL-10.
Mighty spendy at $60 shipped😁😁.
It's a decent improvement for sure and now has a very dynamic and forward sound, something I do not mind too much.
I can see it getting a bit more usage now it's in my main system and a half decent Cart installed.

Just found this thread and have to say, the ONLY turntable I've owned since 1984 is a ReVox B791.  My cartridge then, and still, is an Ortofon VMS20E and I've found new styli for it in the last few years.

I used to cut master lacquers for vinyl in the late 70s to early 80s and wanted to play vinyl exactly as they were cut.  I've had my 791 serviced a couple of times by a great ReVox tech in Nashville.  The servo drive of the cartridge is absolutely brilliant and, since there isn't any groove distortion, everything I play on it sounds great.

The Ortofon cartridge feeds a Graham Slee preamp into my RME AD/DA interface.  I've used this combo many times to create digital masters for old clients who lost their master tapes, but still have 'test-pressings' that were never played.  With a minimal amount of de-click processing, the files are good enough to make CD masters, yet still have that great sound of vinyl.

Very nice first post and many thanks for sharing that story.
Continue to enjoy your tt and this forum!

Went to a neighboring town record store Sat. There sat this Rabco SL-8E/Panasonic SP-10 MK I combo. Tried to walk away from it. Not fast enough. Had some issues. Got it home last night. Pull the 10 out cleaned and adjusted it. Works fine. played with the arm today. I actually got it moving. But still have issue with the cueing down. Tonight Wed. Played with the arm some more. Actually got the arm lift to work so I don’t have to hold the lift switch. played several albums all the way thru and the arm lifted at the end as it should.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBUIDcL1LUc