Can anyone identify my cartridge in these images?

[mhjmhjones]

It's on my Dual 1226. I have a low-end Shure stylus on there now. Looking to upgrade. Thanks!

 

[TobascoKid]

Shure M75. A nice, fat sounding, beginner’s cartridge.

https://www.google.com/search?q=shu...HGMKHWmzAuoQ_AUICSgC&biw=1332&bih=750#imgrc=_

 

[mhjmhjones]

Shure M75. A nice, fat sounding, beginner’s cartridge.

https://www.google.com/search?q=shu...HGMKHWmzAuoQ_AUICSgC&biw=1332&bih=750#imgrc=_

Cool, thanks! Is "fat sounding" good? Maybe upgrading my stylus would be an option until I get some surplus funds.

 

[mprince]

I think it's a Shure M70/M70EJ, not an M75. I believe that you can fit the stylus from the M75 (as well as lots of other Shure "M" models) to it.

 

[dahoo]

Jico also makes SAS stylus for it, a significant upgrade. http://www.jico-stylus.com/product_info.php?cPath=18&products_id=1673

 

[Hugo65]

I think it's a Shure M70/M70EJ, not an M75.

What he said!

 

[stratokaster]

Yes, looks exactly like Shure M70B I used to have. A nice cartridge that will also accept M75 styli.

 

[marcmorin]

while you're replacing the stylus, you might also tend to the "bit" of corrosion on the cart wires, and the pins on the back of the cart.

 

[boreas]

Yes, looks exactly like Shure M70B I used to have. A nice cartridge that will also accept M75 styli.

The M70B had a beige stylus. This one is, as others have said, is an M70EJ.

John

 

[mprince]

This thread made me realize that I had an M70 laying around in a drawer that came with a TT purchase a few years ago as well as a spare headshell to mount it up in. It came with a trashed stylus (not sure if it is a B or EJ as I don't think the stylus in there was the correct one) and didn't look like much, so into the drawer it went. I pulled it out today and put in a spare N35X conical stylus I had laying around. Got it set up and aligned at 2g right now playing "Take 5" by the Dave Brubeck Quartet and loving it. Sweet music...

 

[Ilikevinyl]

It looks exactly like my Shure M70EJ cartridge I had back in the early '80's.

 

[mhjmhjones]

while you're replacing the stylus, you might also tend to the "bit" of corrosion on the cart wires, and the pins on the back of the cart.

With DeOxit I presume? I have DeOxit spray as well as the red and gold tube stuff - any input on which I should use?

By the way, it was a M70EJ - confirmed!

 

[marcmorin]

With DeOxit I presume? I have DeOxit spray as well as the red and gold tube stuff - any input on which I should use?

By the way, it was a M70EJ - confirmed!

anything that will clean electrical contacts. maybe a bit of very fine sand paper on the cart pins. a twist or two.

 

[malden]

This is the closest after-market stylus to the original Shure in terms of sound and build quality...

https://www.jico-stylus.com/product...cts_id=1017&osCsid=us7etdttoqc5tosb3kebulijb6

 

[62vauxhall]

Cool, thanks! Is "fat sounding" good? Maybe upgrading my stylus would be an option until I get some surplus funds.

Personally, I like fat sounding cartridges. Nice round bottom, lush or whatever one chooses to call it. I've gone through several Japanese ones and a spate of moving coils (in the 1990's) but always gravitated back to Shures & Stantons. Just recently I got a new stylus for an old Empire body I never used but kept for 37 years - just because.

It too falls into the fat sounding category maybe even more so than my Shures so I rather like it as well. And the gold body with separate mounting clip makes it look funkally retro.