The majority of head shells are made by various manufacturers and then branded by whom ever! Just because Ortofon's name is on it, doesn't necessarily mean that Ortofon made it. The head shell itself is compatible with the TA-110 arm. Now whether is is the right weight as Raul eluded to in an earlier post, would be hard to say without knowing what cartridges you intent to use it with. Regards, |
griffithds 12-02-2015 2:53pm As it turns out, if you go to the Jelco website (http://www.jelco-ichikawa.co.jp/products/headshell.html), you'll see that Jelco offers four headshells including the Sumiko and ZuPreme versions: The HS-50 seems to be used by a variety of brands. The HS-30 looks pretty cool with brass, rosewood, and silver wiring. It'd probably be a good match for wood-bodied cartridges. The HS-25 has the attached finger lift and is no doubt the source for the ZuPreme. The HS-20 has the separate fingerlift and must be the source for the Sumiko. The HS-25 and HS-20 both have the same body, headshell material, and silk-wrapped HFC litz wire. The HS-20, 25, and 30 all have adjustable azimuth, which is really nice to have. |
It's been said before but in general Audio-Technica Technicard (or AT Magnesium with same design) headshells of different weight are the best money can buy with azymuth and overhang adjustments. It's also the easiest headshell to mount the cartridge (you don't need nuts as you can screw up the cart right in the headshell). Personally i like ZYX LIVE-18 black headshell, but it's not cheap option. Sonically it was amazing combo for my ZYX Airy and Zyx Premium 4D cartridges when i have used them on EPA-100 tonearm. It was much better that stock technics headshell comes with EPA arm. |
