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Help with Ortofon Cartridge

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I picked up a PE turntable a while back for 5 bucks. It had been dropped by a thrift store employee and some parts broke off. I picked it up mainly for the cartridge. I now have a Sansui SR-838 that needs a cart. I pulled the 1/2" mount cart from the PE and it is an Ortofon. The cartridge is gold or copper in color and it says Ortofon 210 on the back just above the pins. The stylus is black and says M20FL super on the front.
Now, I found a little info on the stylus but, they say the ortofon stylus number is D20FL and it is used in the M20FL super cartridge. The front of the stylus says M20FL just like mine.
I want to know exactly what I have, but I don't see the M20FL marked on the actual cartridge and I can't find any info on a model 210 cartridge.

Does anyone have a picture of the actual M20FL cartridge, or know if there is such thing as a model 210?

Also, the stylus (the black plastic housing with the needle) is model d20fl, but is marked M20fl on the front because that is the cartridge it goes on. Is that correct?

I am not too familiar with Ortofon, as you can see.

Here is the stylus: http://www.turntableneedles.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=9332
 
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I am not too familiar with Ortofon either. I decided to go the safe route and got me a nice AT440ML cartridge. Installing it was a snap. Now my Sansui is making lovely music. I really like this table.

It smokes my now eBayed MMF-5 in sound quality.

I was lucky to find the original headshell. I bought it from a former SR-838 owner (from the asylum) who had saved it.

This Sansui headshell is certainly beautiful and lighter in weight too. It has a lower profile than regular "Technics" style shells though. I had to adjust VTA on the arm to compensate.

I was playing a near mint copy of the Carpenters' "A Song For You" and I can't get over the gorgeous quality of Karen's vocals. To die for!

Regards,
crooner
 
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