Saturday, September 10, 2016

When Turntable Cartridge Brings Groove Back

By Laura McDonald


People are naturally music fans. Not that you can expect everybody to pick every genre there is in the history of songs, because there is no such thing. When you love it, sometimes, you favour a certain style or genre. Rock, ballad, a little of both, pop or country, the list goes on for the type you listen to.

There were anthems of the youth and a generation suddenly had a name, much to the delight of those who made it possible. It goes to show how treasured the records they made were. That is why to this day, people still keep a turntable cartridge at home. That is as vintage as anyone can ever get.

There is just something about that tool that makes you play you play songs you have grown up with over and over again. Maybe it is the knowledge that you have kept them for so long and they still sound as good as ever. Maybe it is the memories you associate with it.

If it was not for their influence, you would not have seen a Taylor Swift, Maroon Five or Ed Sheeran being inspired to become their own artists. Mind you, they too, may have inherited old records that keep them motivated. After all, there is nothing like quiet evenings spent with your favorite songs played on a gramophone, as if you have gone back in time.

Not that they are cheap, because they are not. Of course there is more to it than that. Cleaning can only do so much because every time you play a record, it becomes worn out over time. It does stand the test of the time and proof of that is the fact that these things are most commonly sold in vintage shops.

This is not entirely true because these things are packaged most of the time with various models and designs. If yours is a vintage that have been used already and not brand new, you would find it hard to know whether or not the original cartridge is still in place.

Missing tracking on highly modulated passages, could affect the groove because it has to bounce so that it can keep its contact. Otherwise you lose the sound of your vinyl to the technicality of the table. You do not want that to happen because that means you would not be able to look forward to getting those discs on where they need to be.

To be on the safe side, go ahead and do your research. Ask those who are more versed in the functionality of turntables and you may just be able to choose a better model for your old one. Then again, if that is too obsolete, then you can settle for what you have.

The range in values is usually in grams. You will understand this stuff better when you read more about them. The knowledge about the device gives you a chance to take good care of it more, and know which part is vital to its functionality and value.




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