@big_gregg
If your JVC is anything like my Japan model JVC QLA-7 (100 V) ..KEEP IT !!!
I am using a NOS JVC
Z1-S CARTRIDGE WITH THE BORON SAS NEEDLE FROM JICO IF YOU would LIKE THE INFO IT IS: DT-Z1S SAS/B x1IT IS $195 + $22 SHIPPING FROM JICO IN JAPAN IT IS WELL WORTH IT IMO.
I INSTALLED IT ON THAT NOS DT Z1S
(MD-1025) SOUNDS AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER CARTRIDGE I HAVE AND I HAVE a NOS Stanton 681 EEE MKIII A NOS Shure M95HE A NOS ADC XLM MKII Improved.
You know another thing I noticed about that JVC Z1S (MD-1025) cartridge is the frequency response.
It’s 10 Hertz to 25khz Very few cartridges go as low as 10 Hertz.😃