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Marantz tt221 needle id

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Kowalski181

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Hello... Got a marantz tt221 second hand couple weeks ago.
. Plays great but needle bit bent so looking to replace... Can anyone Id what needle I need based on attached photos... I bought a Toshiba that would've worked with initial cartridge but it didn't fit and took it apart today and doesn't have any model number only made in Japan... Thanks
 

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The cartridge is a Sanyo MG-09D. This is a very cheap cartridge and not really suitable for your Marantz, which looks like it has a low-mass arm, so needs a cartridge with a high-compliance, light-tracking stylus. I would recommend that you replace the cartridge to get the best out of your turntable. A suitable cartridge would be the Ortofon OM10 or, a bit cheaper, the Ortofon Omega which people seem to like. If you can't find those, perhaps an OM5E.
 
great om10 is a bit dear i think thats on my project essential 3 i think... will have a look at the others though, are carts easy to change?
 
Cartridges are not difficult to change - even I can do it and I'm not good with my hands - but it can be a bit fiddly. You will also need to align the cartridge for optimum performance - that is, locate it at the best place in the headshell slots.

The Ortofon Omega may be the best one for you then. It has an elliptical stylus and is similar to the OM5E. There is also the OM5S, which may be a bit cheaper but has a spherical stylus.
 
The availability of the Omega is dependent on country - I have a feeling it's exclusive to the US market. If you get an OM5E or OM5S, you can always use your Stylus 10 from your OM10 on it - the modern OM styli are interchangeable but differ slightly in recommended tracking force.
 
Crab33 said:
The availability of the Omega is dependent on country - I have a feeling it's exclusive to the US market. If you get an OM5E or OM5S, you can always use your Stylus 10 from your OM10 on it - the modern OM styli are interchangeable but differ slightly in recommended tracking force.
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could i possibly get technica
AT-VM95E
 
Kowalski181 said:
could i possibly get technica
AT-VM95E
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The AT-VM95E would fit and would work, but it doesn't have a high-compliance stylus and so isn't intended for low-mass arms, which your Marantz has.

https://stereonomono.blogspot.com/2015/06/marantz-tt-221.html

So you won't get optimum performance from that combination, but it might sound OK. The Ortofons would be a better match, although there is another very economical possibility... P-mount cartridges have high-compliance styli and the following AT p-mount cartridge is still available for little money:

https://www.lpgear.com/product/AT85EP.html

This isn't an ideal solution in that you'll have to plug it into a p-mount adaptor in order to mount it on your headshell. I'm not sure whether the adaptor is included with the cartridge, so you may have to buy that separately.
 
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