Cartridge ID Help Needed...

[scottm015]

Need help to ID a cartridge on my KD3055 table. It is red and has "SB1" written on the front with a symbol that looks like an O with a point leading down into a groove. Does anyone know what this brand is?

 

[gr33nhorn]

:worthless

 

[mech986]

:worthless

ditto, a picture literally is worth a thousand words here.

 

[vinylisfinal]

ditto, a picture literally is worth a thousand words here.

yup

 

[scottm015]

Sorry.. Here is a pic of the cart..

Here is a picture.. Thanks for the response. Now that I look at the pic it looks more like a N rather than an O.. Could it be a Nagaoka?

 

[mech986]

Here is a picture.. Thanks for the response. Now that I look at the pic it looks more like a N rather than an O.. Could it be a Nagaoka?

Doesn't seem to have the same emblem, at least with the current company logo.

 

[mech986]

May consider removing the headshell and take additional pics of underside and top (have to remove cartridge from headshell) and see if there's any other ID info around.

 

[gr33nhorn]

the stylus appears to be nagatron/ nagatronics SB1
http://www.adelcom.net/NagatronicsStylus1.htm

May have been a private label/bulk item as I the only reference I can find to it is in a 1979 newspaper Ad bundled with Pioneer PL300 as a deal

Look at the nagatronics styluses available for sale - one of them may be a fit, though I get the feeling you're better off buying a new cart - this seems to have been an entry level cart in its day.

 

[lini]

Yup, that's a Nagaoka C(M)711/712 family model - but also available in various OEM variants.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini

 

[scottm015]

Thanks..

I was very curious about this cartridge because I think it performs well and I had never heard of it before. I've had some real nice and fairly expensive cartridges and it is nice to come across cheap good carts every once in a while. I think I like it better than my Denon DL160 on my PL701.

Thank you for the help, I never would have found it. I did countless searches on the SB1 model and came up with nothing, I posted here and within an hour had the answer. You guys Rock!

 

[ikeon]

Need help to ID a cartridge on my KD3055 table. It is red and has "SB1" written on the front with a symbol that looks like an O with a point leading down into a groove. Does anyone know what this brand is?