DD>You'll also need to look closely at the cartridge.  Your "audiophile" type
DD>cartridges are NOT what you want here, they are too delicate.  If you can
DD>still find them, old Shure M3D's are virtually indestructable (but I'm not
DD>sure they still make them), otherwise look for a good inexpensive fairly
DD>rugged cartridge (I'm running a couple Shure M-15's right now, seem to
As I understnad it, what you want is a less-expensive cartridge with
a conical diamond on it.  I've read that with these you can spin
the record backward to cue it (or get weird noises out of it),
but this is highly un-recommended with the higher-fi elliptical
diamonds in audiophile cartrdges.  Dunno why.  I suppose that the
conical diamond is less sensitive to the high frequencies in the
grooves, and therefore is not as violently accellerated by those
frequencies.  Or maybe audiophile stylii are just built lighter.
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