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I received an early 60's Magnavox console. Nice little EL84 tube amp inside. I'd like to get some recommendations for the stylus on the turntable. Current one works but I wonder if it's ever been replaced?
Do I remove the current stylus by just unscrewing the bolt on the headshell?
I see a bunch of candidates under a generic ceramic title on Needle Doc. A lot of choices and all about $20. How particular do I have to be?
I attached a link to Needledoctor's Electro-Voice lineup. Not sure which one would be appropriate or if there's a better alternative.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Thanks for all the info. I dropped the stylus out of the arm and here is a picture. Might need to remove completely to see the markings. It has Electro Voice 7F on it.
I have emailed Lpgear with this picture for their input. If they can't help I'll try Raskin or the Voiceofmusic guy.
Too bad this is a "groove grinder" no manner how new the stylus is. Fortunately it'll probably just play Christmas music and other misc. older stuff I've been given and doesn't have any value. Unfortunately it's the only system my wife will allow in the living room, so I must live with it's limitations.
I did mod the little EL84 amp to fuse it, add in a safety ground and upgraded the main canned cap that sets all the voltage rails. So the amp is really sweet and in the end might just pull that amp and use it for a commputer setup. But wanted to play with it as a console first.
The Electro-Voice-D1-Stylus is the right one for playing microgroove (33s and 45s) records..
On the other side of the cartridge will be a stylus for playing standard groove records (78's).
I don't see that stylus listed but you can look it up.
The cartridge is a Electro Voice 21D
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Try Gary Stork at thevoiceofmusic.com
I'd take the current stylus out and photograph it. Usually they can be matched visually. If there's more than one candidate, I'd send the picture to NeedleDoctor.
In those changers, the arm is greatly raised in the back to handle a stack of LPs. When you play a single record, it's best to have something under it to make the VTA reasonable and reduce record wear.
You shouldn't have any problem finding a replacement however a word to the wise--don't play any recording of value on that turntable stylus condition notwithstanding. That tone arm is a groove-grinder.
Friend of mine that I've known since high school, his parents had almost that exact same Magnavox console and every record he played on it is destoyed. The records are spotless, he maintained them to a fault but the groove damage is overwhelming. He didn't know any better back then.
Console stereos weren't made to sound good, they were made to look good. They're great mid-Century modern style but if I planned to use one to actually play records with, I'd swap out the Magnavox changer for a Dual.
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Right on the money with your suggestion to dump the original turntable/arm/cart. Many,many years ago I played records on a Magnavox portable. When I finally got into a decent table, ( a Dual BTW ) receiver and speakers, I immediately was able to hear the damage done by that portable rig. My thankfully smallish collection was trash and unlistenable.
Here's a link to a youtube video and that person says his is an EV 26 Cartridge. But to be sure, Opus is correct.
Finding some cartridge ID is the best way to go because the cartridge may not have been the same in the long line of those consoles from tube to solid state.
I suspect that the removal of the screw does release the cartridge mounting bracket but I'd ID the wire locations and remove them before attempting to remove the cartridge.
By looking at an EV 26 stylus, the video makes more sense. There's a spring metal "wing" at the end of the stylus that apparently press fits into a slot in the cartridge body. Prying out towards you on one or both sides of that "wing" will make the folded part in the center pop out of the slot in the cartridge body.
Installation of a new stylus is a matter of lining the protruding metal bend up to the slot in the cartridge body and pressing it in.
the proper stylus replacement. LP Gear also has a very nice selection, and likely for less $$$ than Raskin.
Opus 33 1/3
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