2 the moving magnet cartridge.
Ceramic vs magnetic cartridge.
Magnetic cartridges require a special preamp to be used in place of a ceramic or crystal cartridge.
These typically have an output voltage of between 0 5v and 1 0v and this is not sufficient to replace crystal cartridges originally having outputs of 2 volts and above.
A moving magnet mm cartridge is the most common type of phono cartridge.
This type works completely different than the ceramic cartridge.
Ceramic cartridge underside view showing stylus cartridge type no.
Hi well i ve sort have been repairing an older record player cabinet by morse and would like some help determining if i can change the ceramic cartridge into a magnetic one.
A magnetic cartridge more commonly called a phonograph cartridge or phono cartridge or colloquially a pickup is an electromechanical transducer that is used to play records on a turntable.
These are sold on this website and others.
Unlike a ceramic cartridge the back end of the stylus in a magnetic cartridge is not embedded in a block of material.
The cartridge contains a removable or permanently mounted stylus the tip usually a gemstone such as diamond or sapphire of which makes physical contact with the record s groove.
Moving magnet cartridge.
It has two magnets on the end of the stylus one for each channel located inside of the cartridge itself.