Cartridge question

Going to replace the cartridge on my Dual cs1264 with a Vessel a3se.

My question is : Is it worth the extra money to replace the entire head shell even though my original wires look fine?

thecarpathian11-24-2022 4:50pm

spatialking Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 625 posts 11-28-2022 at 12:54am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If there was a problem with your headshell, you wouldn't be asking this question! I'd skip the replacement unless you know there is a problem with it.
secretguy Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,846 posts 11-28-2022 at 03:02pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. On a side note...is that a good match for that arm? That’s from back in the day of low mass arms.
thecarpathian OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 5,128 posts 11-28-2022 at 11:31pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Thanks, guys. Yes secretguy, I believe its light enough for the arm. I'm going with that one because it's hardly a high end table, the cart is supposed to sound really good for the price, and I'd read where it has been used on this tt with good results. (Even though for the life of me I can't find where I read it).
systembuilder22 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 17 posts 11-29-2022 at 03:31am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I can say without a shadow of a doubt that the headshell provides at most 0.002% of the total audio output quality. So if you don't optimize that headshell your audio quality ceiling will be limited to 99.998%, and you'll be leaving that 0.002% on the table! Think about that!