Record Player - Phono Preamp cable recs….

It's the only one available now, I've paid less, and I would pay that if I didn't have two.

discussion about these I started here

You can wear out the original beryllium cantilever/microline stylus and replace it with another used one that pops up in the future,

or, new boron cantilever fits that body if one doesn't pop up

or, IF you are not comfortable risking buying a used stylus, but like AT's dual magnet sound and light 1.25 tracking, you can buy a used cartridge with a broken or missing cantilever and put a new stylus in it.  

I like Boron if buying new, and I see they still sell 3 VMN Boron Stylii that fit these older AT150, AT155, AT160; AT440 bodies 

AT-VMN45xML (microlinear/nude/boron cantilever)
AT-VMN50xSH (Shibata/nude/boron cantilever)
AT-VMN60xSL (special line contact/nude/boron cantilever)

https://www.audio-technica.com/en-gb/support/which-stylus-can-i-use-to-replace-my-discontinued-model?srsltid=AfmBOoqmY8LH9JfjLmVnMHaK7edGe8NmiyTNluGGDkQDaGLFGN74nzzh

You pay a little more for the 1st one, you get lucky with the price of a spare, it averages out, you really shouldn't wait IMO, start enjoying.

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Do you have the few inexpensive tools and skills (or a friend with the tools and skills) to mount and align the cartridge?

it's random, one just popped up for auction, 19 hrs to go, $159. usd minimum bid

https://yahoo.aleado.com/lot?auctionID=1201473404

It comes in a Magnesium Headshell, that is both azimuth adjustable, and overhang adjustable.

estimate add ons using what I showed in the other thread.

You need an account with Aleado, with verified money in it (funds from Paypal for instance) (use best Credit Card to fund Paypal) and they bid for you. Seller ships in Japan toAleado who opens/inspects/verifies the item, then they give you a few shipping options, you pick one, then last I got an invoice from Fedex for 15% tarriff and a small disbursement fee.

Hello!

i have the at Audio Technica AT160 ML on my music hall 9.1, and a few questions:

it is hard to get the correct tracking force. The scale seems to read inconsistent grams, though of course 1 gram is very light.
 

I have had to remove the weight for the anti skate otherwise it seemed to pull too much to the outside. Are there different weights available?

I get a buzz. I will try a different cable feom

the turntable to the McIntosh mp 100…. It currently is an unshielded Duelund 20ga rca. Will soon have a silversmith fidelium. Could it be something else?

Thanks,

richard. 

Buzz can be caused by - you did not ground your turntable to phono stage (check that) and wifi or other source of emi and rfi is in close proximity to your cartridge, phono stage, cables. 

I now have it working with no buzz… but I have unhooked the anti skate weight. Otherwise it seemed to push to the outside….  Is this alright? Or should I be doing something differently?