In Reply to: RE: Vintage Record Player Question -- General Electric Trimline 500 posted by Crazy Dave on October 4, 2010 at 08:13:22:
Dave,I think the overwhelming bulk of piezoelectric carts. are record destroyers. However, a very small number of said carts. may be OK. Decca made a "HIFI" ceramic and check the link from Garage 'A Records out. Look at item D4. Notice the standard 1/2 inch mount and relatively low O/P of 200 mV., which suggests small elements which don't scrub the HF info. out of the groove.
FWIW, I've had the desire for quite some time to try such a cart., in a suitable arm. I would JFET buffer the "beast" at the arm base with a VERY "tall" Caddock gate to ground resistor. My seat of the pants feeling is that some capacitive roll off would be needed to prevent excessive brightness, as in not so self equalizing. ;>)
Eli D.
Edits: 10/04/10
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