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Lept before I learned Rek O Kut 160

b brian

b brian

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I searched out and found a Rek O Kut 160 tonearm before I realized the S160 is Stereo and 160 is Mono.
The Tonearm does not come with a headshell, so now I am searching for a headshell.
Are the Rek O Kut mono headshell the only ones that are comparable?
I see Mono Ortofon available.
Are these compatible?
 
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Unfortunately the ROK tonearms had a proprietary bayonet mount. If you are pertaining to the SPU Mono A and G cartridges, they won't work.
 
I'm pretty ham handed and impatient and I rewired a 120 for stereo no problem!

Although my headshell was toast and had no connectors so I just had the wires going straight to the cartridge. Got a nice cart on it and dont look forward to switching it!
 
This is the one I was looking at. It appears just to be a head shell, and not a integrated cartridge
Is the Rek O Kut able to take most head shells, or few head shells



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b brian said:
I searched out and found a Rek O Kut 160 tonearm before I realized the S160 is Stereo and 160 is Mono.
The Tonearm does not come with a headshell, so now I am searching for a headshell.
Are the Rek O Kut mono headshell the only ones that are comparable?
I see Mono Ortofon available.
Are these compatible?
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Ortofon/SME does not work. You have to find a Rek-O-Kut headshell with their proprietary bayonet mount.
 
As others have mentioned, You’ll need the proprietary ROK headshell. They come up for sale once in a while on Bartertown (@nolasally actually has one for sale right now). Otherwise, you can sometimes find them on the popular auction sites...
 
Then a follow up question is about a re wire of the tonearm.
Is there somewhere to find the end piece of the tonearm that will allow 4 wire stereo?
And if not, I ran across someone who had re wired using a 3 wire set up with a common ground to the arm/headshell.
Anyone use the 3 wire method?
 
I rewired my 160 for stereo using a standard SME connector, I also modified the ROK head shell for a standard mount as well. Both work great just a bit of patience the lateral bearings in mine were shot replaced those as well. Works great with both GE VR and Ortofon SPU.. see it in action https://www.instagram.com/fotovinyl/
 
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