Notice That There Are Not Many Survivors of the MC from the early 19080's or so?

@pryso 

I just did a quickie search on hifishark, just to post examples, and remind people, you need to know if your fitting only accepts 1 pin, or if it allows two pins. Two days ago other designs showed up,

I have a variety of headshells, several similar looking Audio Technica are various weights, their model #s may indicate their weight in grams, but you can ask a seller to weigh it.

Steve or Ray Leung at VAS can modify many headshells to make them azimuth adjustable, or sell you one of his.

https://vasnyinc.com/repair-service/

If the tonearm has optional counter-weights, get them, some cartridges are quite light, others heavy.

There are weights than can be added to get the headshell/cartridge combo heavier, either shims between the underside of the headshell (reset your VTA), or that fit/sit on top of the headshell. Some headshells have threaded holes to receive them. I mounted one ’upside down’ looks funny but does the job.

I just added these bubble levels to the top of several headshells, put them on before you calibrate tracking force.

Note: headshells are not always ’perfectly parallel’ with the arm, so set the headshell level when the stylus is in the groove with proper tracking weight.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NRG8HX6?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_1

I used these 10mm adhesive dots to adhere them (removable)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKJJV58Q

They aren’t perfect, but they let you know you are close, then I use a mirror to refine reality rather than the top of the headshell. I just set a cartridge where the bottom of the cartridge was not level to the headshell, it’s the stylus that wants to be aligned properly.

Ortofon SPU. Born in 1958, same as me. My Dad had one for playing mono records in the late 1960s, on a Rek-O-Kut studio turntable mounted in a cast iron base with linoleum plinth. I don't remember the tonearm, maybe an Empire.

I've had SPUs in my systems on and off over the years. I love their sound mated to tube gear but they need compatible tonearms and MC head amps or Step-Up transformers. But when setup correctly very magical.

Yeah I had a Technics SLR 1350 with Shure,V15 111 and it was Beautiful. 

Dear @neonknight  : In fact still exist if you have the rigth sources to look and buy.

Hifido, top class, ebay, juki, Yahoo Japan an.the like. Even Joseph Long:

[email protected]  has in ebay a page where he puts in sale several vintage cartridges.

Regards and enjoy the MUSIC NOT DISTORTIONS,

R.

I bought one of these, it's plastic, and without sides, it's easily flexible, sad to say about a maker's product, but avoid.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/303574519597?mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338381866&toolid=10001&customid=ed5835ba-39b1-11f1-af28-666361356435