Ceramic cart recommendation

[Shockmaster]

I have a Kenwood KD 770D and I recently picked up an all tube mono amp. I need to pick a mono/ceramic cart for the mono phone stage. Can anyone recommend a good cartridge for the table, I’ll post a photo of the arm and table. Thanks so much!

 

[Pio1980]

One of the better Sonotone carts, strapped for mono.
Check with The Voice of Music site for availability.

 

[vwestlife]

You could use a pre-amp with your Shure cartridge, bridge its output to mono, and then connect it to the tube amp.

 

[Sharpstik]

Caroles Needles .

 

[Jeff449]

Can I assume your new tube amp has a phono stage designed for ceramic carts and not magnetic?

 

[Shockmaster]

Can I assume your new tube amp has a phono stage designed for ceramic carts and not magnetic?

Spot on. So I’m not prepared for that.

 

[KentTeffeteller]

Get a Stereo preamp, Y-connect to mono, use a magnetic cartridge. Or get a turntable which can accept a Weathers FM cartridge and arm.

 

[olddude55]

Grado and AT make mono cartridges. Ortofon might, too.
If you insist on a mono ceramic, you can use any line level input on the pre-amp (tuner, aux, CD, etc.).

 

[vwestlife]

If you insist on a mono ceramic, you can use any line level input on the pre-amp (tuner, aux, CD, etc.).

Not exactly. A ceramic cartridge requires a high input impedance (1 megohm or more), or else you'll get a loss of bass response. A tube amplifier naturally provides this high input impedance, but a solid-state amp does not, unless it has an input specifically designed for a ceramic phono cartridge.

 

[olddude55]

Not exactly. A ceramic cartridge requires a high input impedance (1 megohm or more), or else you'll get a loss of bass response. A tube amplifier naturally provides this high input impedance, but a solid-state amp does not, unless it has an input specifically designed for a ceramic phono cartridge.

Then the OP is better off with a Grado or AT mono magnetic cart.

 

[Jeff449]

Read post #6 guys.

 

[olddude55]

Read post #6 guys.

D'oh! Never mind me...got a skull full of snot this morning. Literally.
For the third time in the last month. Grandson is a living Petri dish of cold germs.
Not...thinking...clearly...

 

[noogies]

Spot on. So I’m not prepared for that.

It's really not that hard to get prepared ...

Get a Stereo preamp, Y-connect to mono, use a magnetic cartridge.