From: waiting@the.exit.invalid   
      
   David Nebenzahl  wrote in   
   news:4c89cccc$0$2406$822641b3@news.adtechcomputers.com:   
      
   > On 9/9/2010 10:14 PM thanatoid spake thus:   
   >   
   >> Problem solved. The fucking BSR cartridge is ceramic. I   
   >> had forgotten such things were ever manufactured.   
   >>   
   >> (I saved the cartridge before destroying the BSR tt, and   
   >> just tested it. Sigh. Perfect. For finger on needle, NG   
   >> for playing /records/ of course... Cart comes with a (5th)   
   >> ground wire.)   
   >>   
   >> So now I have to buy a new stylus, and figure out how to   
   >> attach the BSR cart housing to a Sony tt arm. Or not, and   
   >> just use it as a super cool retro AM/line in system.   
   >   
   > But ... but ... why not put a magnetic cartridge in the   
   > Sony turntable, buy a cheap phono preamp, install it inside   
   > the system (I'm sure you can find room) and have a super   
   > cool retro phonograph?   
      
   The Sony turntable HAS a magnetic cartridge, and I just bought   
   two beautiful new Chinese styli /snicker/ for it. It looks and   
   runs like new. I was messing around for fun and because if   
   someone does not want the tt with the Sony system, I could sell   
   it with the Sharp. (I am selling all the stuff I do not use, no   
   matter how cute.) As for the "cheap preamp", read the thread for   
   where I live and why it is not an option.   
      
   As for room inside the Sharp, yes, I could keep a couple of   
   hamsters in it. Those BSR changers take up a fair bit of space.   
      
      
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