Help with what this tonearm and cartridge are.

[Phred1]

Here are some pictures hope someone can help me out by IDing them.

 

[saltwater]

Is it just me or does the counterweight almost broke off?

 

[70WR]

Is it just me or does the counterweight almost broke off?

Must weight a lot

 

[Phred1]

It does actually, but I need to know if the tonearm and cartridge are stock or modified.

 

[bangsezmax]

From the mat and the counterweight, I think it's a stock Akai table (I could be wrong). I recently repaired one for a customer that looked pretty much the same. Those have a rubber bushing holding the stub in place and it deteriorates. I was able to get is slightly less angled (and still functional) using super glue.

As for the cart, I really have no idea from that angle. I can tell you it's not a Stanton, Pickering, or Shure. If it is a stock Akai, it might've come with an Osawa (I've seen that combo before) or possibly a Nagaoka. The Osawas that I've seen have ridges on the stylus housing though. Kinda looks AT-ish as well, but lots of carts do.

 

[audiojones]

Cartridge looks like an Ortofon F15 series. Very decent budget cartridge IMO.

 

[bangsezmax]

Cartridge looks like an Ortofon F15 series. Very decent budget cartridge IMO.

Sure looks like it. Good call.

 

[mackat]

Yes, it looks like my 15 that I need to mail out! Grrrrrrrr

 

[mackat]

And the top cartridge leads are connected incorrectly

 

[bangsezmax]

And the top cartridge leads are connected incorrectly

You sure about that? We're not absolutely sure it's an Ortofon. And some carts (the Pickering V-15 comes to mind) employ that red-blue, white-green scheme as opposed to the normal one. I'm just sayin' . . .

 

[mackat]

Well, compared to my 15 it is

 

[boreas]

You sure about that? We're not absolutely sure it's an Ortofon. And some carts (the Pickering V-15 comes to mind) employ that red-blue, white-green scheme as opposed to the normal one. I'm just sayin' . . .

It's definitely an Ortofon, maybe an F15E Mk2. It is wired incorrectly (the grounds are reversed) and would be for a V-15 too. The V-15 looks quite a bit different, actually. It does use that sort of oddball diagonal channel arrangement but as a mirror image of the way that Ortofon's been done.

John

 

[mackat]

I meant my f15 , not v-15, just in case

 

[boreas]

And the VinylEngine comes through again! That turntable will be any one of several direct drive Akais, like the AP-D30, AP-D33, AP-D40, AP-Q55, AP-Q60 and some others. Can't tell which from that photo.

So Akai direct drive and Ortofon F15 series.

John

 

[sreten]

Hi,

Presumably the stylus has no markings, so I'd assume its a basic aftermarket
needle, the body is an Ortofon VMS type. There are differences in the key
into the body, impossible to say without a picture of the stylus only.

rgds, sreten.

 

[jmchrislip]

It is an Ortofon FF-15 E.

 

[Ilikevinyl]

Cartridge looks exactly like an Ortofon VMS3E that I had 30 years ago.

 

[sreten]

Hi,

You can say what it is with a presumably aftermarket stylus fitted.

+1 though for it looking exactly like a VMS3E from years ago.

I had one, not that impressed with it, somewhat overdamped.

rgds, sreten.

 

[boreas]

It is an Ortofon FF-15 E.

Possibly but the F15E Mk2 had the same ivory colored plastic for the stylus carrier. Positive ID will require a look at what's printed on the front of it.

John

 

[flavio81]

The turntable is an AKAI, probably AP-D40, AP-D50, AP-D35.

I don't like them, too much plastic. (Have disassembled them)