Bare cartridge design, Sumiko Blackbird Low Output

Over 100 cartridges since the early 60's; many came with thrift store turntables which happened to have good cartridges on them, many purchased in the late 80's to mid 90's,by which time most everyone temporarily gave up on turntables. For example, I purchased a Thorens  TD 125 for $8.50 in 1989. I  gradually replaced the styli  on most of these turntables for the most reasonable prices compared to todays: Shures, Stantons, ADC's,Pickerings,Micro Acoustics, and almost all MM brands. That's how the 100  cartridges came about even though most of the TTs were redonated to the thrift stores [without cartridges.]

I destroyed 2  Clearaudio Virtuosos, as above, the only ones I ever did when changing phono cartridges, and I have had over 100 cartridges over the years.