[Jukebox-list] Seeburg A / Thorpe DS Cartridge

[David Breneman]

--- Ron Rich <ronnnrich at yahoo.com> wrote:

>   I personally do not like the "Thorpe" cart--as for the brushes,
> just be sure that they LIGHTLY touch the needle, as they can knock
> it out of the "V".
>   The springs are another issue altogether. 

I got one of these cartridges a few years ago (I think maybe
from Goran, but it's been a long time) while I was casting
about trying to figure out how to fix the detached cantilever
on mine.  I never ended up using it because it didn't have
the connector tabs to mate with the tabs on the tonearm - I
would have had to either facricate that on the cartridge or
cut wires on the tonearm.

My cartridge came with a set of springs, two for each side,
which were to be connected in series.  Someone here may
know the original source for those.  The problem with this
cartridge, of course, is that one side of it is "back cueing"
all the time and I was never sanguine about how that might
adversely effect records - if they might get cue burned
on that side.

I was very happy when I got West-Tech to rebuild my
original cartridge, and never went further with the
Thrope retrofit.



David Breneman         david_breneman at yahoo.com


 
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