• I was upset but not at him at all, completely my fault for leaving the room with the turntable not fitted with cover. He saw me taking the cartridge off the tonearm later. I re strapped the clear cover onto the TT and he was saying "no no, I want to fix it!" (which I loved).
    Wasn't the most expensive MC cartridge. An Ortofon SL20Q, which I bought from a dude on a French hifi forum for about €120 a few years back. Supposedly (or so I was told) a good match to my lightweight tonearm (Audio Technica AT1120). I've made an offer on eBay today for something similar, except I can justify the full asking price if offer is rejected. I have a decent budget MC cartridge on another TT that I'm not using, but switching to MM on that amp means opening it... Pain in the ass...
    Oh well, shit happens!

  • I have a deprecated Audio-Technica OC9 if that would interest you. It has lots of mileage on the clock and was replaced when the LP12 went in for servicing. Still sounded OK to me.

  • Thanks, that would have been an attractive option, meanwhile my eBay offer has been accepted: hopefully this is being resolved without splashing too much cash... Still, an expensive mistake on my part!

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