Is Your Cartridge Worth More Than Your Turntable?
- Thread starter Meloski
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No. I would find it hard to find another DP62L.
If you look at the prices I paid, I spent quite a bit more on my cartridge than my turntable. My Technics SL-230 turntable was $25 plus shipping in 2006, back when good used turntables could be bought for almost nothing. I spent an hour or so cleaning and lubricating it to make the automatic features and speed adjustment pots work properly. My Longhorn Grado Green cartridge was $99 in 1999, and the 8MZ stylus I bought for it was another $100.
If you look at current prices for the cartridge and stylus and inflation-adjusted pricing for the turntable, the situation changes. AVA's current price on the Longhorn Grado Green1 is $225, and the 8MZ stylus recently saw a price hike to $150. The 1978 retail price of the turntable adjusts to $549 at 2015 economics, more than the cartridge and stylus combined.
If you look at current prices for the cartridge and stylus and inflation-adjusted pricing for the turntable, the situation changes. AVA's current price on the Longhorn Grado Green1 is $225, and the 8MZ stylus recently saw a price hike to $150. The 1978 retail price of the turntable adjusts to $549 at 2015 economics, more than the cartridge and stylus combined.
