Ceramic Vs Magnetic 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.

Ceramic vs magnetic cartridge.

This type works completely different than the ceramic cartridge. As the stylus moves the magnets change their relationship with the coils in the body of the cartridge which generates a small voltage. Ceramic cartridge underside view showing stylus cartridge type no. Ceramic vs magnetic cartridge fidobsa no you do not need riaa equalisation when using a ceramic cartridge into a high impedance about 1 m ohm flat frequency response input as a combination of the riaa recording characteristic used in making the record and the output voltage performance of a ceramic cartridge result in an overall.

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. 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.

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. 2 the moving magnet cartridge. A moving magnet mm cartridge is the most common type of phono cartridge. These are sold on this website and others.