Cart ID Please
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Not sure, since it's known by a few names. Mine is a Sonus PME. Not made by either Marantz or Sonus but by (I suspect) Nagaoka, I expect we'll see it again under yet another name if we look hard enough (how about Excel P300E?). It's a good cartridge if you can find styli for it.
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JICT: Near's I can tell, the cartridge is a Marantz CT-530, and the best stylus you're likely to find for it has the Pfanstiehl designation 246-DEX. Cheapest price I see at the moment is Gary at thevoiceofmusic.com. One thing to keep in mind: the 246-Dxx styli being sold by online vendors are moving-magnet versions for the identical-looking Empire line. There's about a 10dB drop in level when you use those styli in the moving-iron Sonus or Marantz bodies, though they sound okay. Well, better than just okay-- they're very good styli, especially the 246-DEX nude-mount elliptical.
lini: I'd believe you more about "family" if the YM-P20/50 wasn't completely different-looking, didn't take different styli, didn't use a completely different cantilever bearing (grommet) method, didn't operate on a different principle (MM v. MI), and if Nagatron/Nagaoka didn't sell an identical-looking cartridge under their own name. Well, there were MM versions of the Sonus/Marantz body, without the body magnet, made for Empire. But I'm hiding that one behind my back.
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