Audiophiles hifi appreciation thread old and new

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dbr in reply to @bobble

Not sure about the stylus but you’ll need a phono stage unless that TT has one built in.
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Airhead in reply to @bobble

You will need a phono amp as well. The output from a turntable needs to have an eq and amplification applied to it before you can run it into an amp or powered speakers. NAD do a nice little one that used to be quite cheap, I paid £70 for mine a long time ago.

You can buy a replacement stylus for that cartridge which is guaranteed to match the turntable arm in terms of compliance. Or you could get something like the AT 95E which is usually the best value cart and used to be around £30.
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neu in reply to @bobble

To answer your question on the stylus, the first picture shows a cartridge and stylus. The stylus is the bit with 3E written on it.

You can buy Ortofon OM styli separately, but I've found that generally they are sold as full set of cartridge and stylus, and separate styli are no cheaper really.

So look for the best stylus you can get regardless if it's with a cartridge. Then you can swap the stylus only, if you want to avoid realigning the cartridge from scratch.

I would get an OM10 (compatible with OMB cartridge) for £50 ish. It's a bit better than the 3E or 5E for a similar price. You need to spend double that at least to get a better OM stylus, unless you change the cartridge type altogether, but you will need to check it's suitable for that tonearm as Airhead says.