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Clearaudio Virtuoso Ebony Wood Cartridge Feeler

Looking to get a Marantz TT15S1 but as crazy as it sounds, I don't want the Clearaudio Virtuoso Ebony Wood Cartridge. Friends and my fiancee will be using this table and I just don't want something that expensive and without a replaceable stylus. Looking to see if someone wants to go in one. I get a new TT and you a new cartridge. Both at a great price. LA area would be best so you be present and confident that its new.
mad_chemist
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nandric
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The Virtuoso Ebony is regarded as one of the best MM carts
in the MM thread. I upgraded two of them by Axel in Germany; one with aluminum cantilever and line contact stylus; the other with boron cantilever and super-elliptical stylus. I sold the 'aluminum' one on A'gon market for $700. Your assumption about replacement styli is btw wrong. See Fleibs contributions in the MM thread.
My advice is to post the cart to Axel (www.schallplattennadeln.de) and ask for : pressure fitted line contact in aluminum cantilever. It is not 'that expensive' considering the fact that you will have a top cart for a bargain price.

Regards,
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marakanetz
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Best MM indeed.
mad_chemist OP
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Thanks Nandric for giving me something to think about. Perhaps I should reconsider.
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