Ceramic Vs Magnetic Cartridge

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Ceramic vs magnetic cartridge.

Unlike a ceramic cartridge the back end of the stylus in a magnetic cartridge is not embedded in a block of material. It has two magnets on the end of the stylus one for each channel located inside of the cartridge itself. Ceramic cartridge underside view showing stylus cartridge type no. 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.

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. Magnetic cartridges require a special preamp to be used in place of a ceramic or crystal cartridge. These are sold on this website and others. A moving magnet mm cartridge is the most common type of phono cartridge.

My record changer is a bsr c129r2h3 i m not sure if the cartridge on the tone arm is the original it says tc 8h1 i believe this is a tetrad tc8h1 cartridge not sure. As the stylus moves the magnets change their relationship with the coils in the body of the cartridge which generates a small voltage. 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. This type works completely different than the ceramic cartridge.