Monday, September 12, 2016

Reliving Memories With A Turntable Cartridge

By Laura McDonald


They say music heals your soul. That may be right because of the amount of people always trying to connect their emotions to their favorite songs while feeling free to sing the lyrics. There is nothing like spending a fine time with a loved one or even just being by yourself, while you listen to the melody. You let it heal you. Damn right, that is what it does.

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.

Today, you may see them very often in vintage stores more than in a house. With the advent of pop music, old, classic records are very rare. You will be lucky if your parents kept the ones they have from yester years. Those types are rare and you know that for a fact.

That is why when you see one of them, you will find that they do not come cheap. The cartridge comes in different styles and colours by the thousands. When you shop for one, you will have fun as some them come off as wacky. Others are simple and as classic as an old Beatles record of the sixties.

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.

Check them in the stores, even though there are not many that offers them if you are living at the countryside. If not, you can go to the internet where your options are almost unlimited. With luck, you may even find a good bargain if you plan on replacing yours. Then some information about its functionality on the technical side would also be helpful to an average person or fan.

It is not the vinyl disc that is really that sensitive. On the other hand, it is the table itself. Every time you put one disk there, it deteriorates little by little, that is why cartridge of different designs are sold so they can be replaced. To play back, the stylus itself must make a good impact on the structure of what the groove is supposed 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.

In the end it does not matter what you love to hear. It matters how you hear want to hear them on a device considered to be old school. But you know what they say. Old is always gold.




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