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Realistic ATN 771F

Hawker1

Hawker1

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I’m having some trouble finding out anything about this cartridge and stylus, any help would be appreciated. Specifically, who makes (made) it? What would be the equivalent model in the on-brand line-up? And any opinions you might have. It seems low-middle end, is in great shape and sounds just fine on a PL-540.20201007_073043.jpg
 
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Post this in the turntable forum and I'll bet someone will be able to tell you what AT cartridge it is. This will help you to find a suitable replacement stylus. Realistic used many ADC, Shure and AT cartridges just rebranded.
 
Thanks people. I thought it might be AT, there seems to be a symbol (albeit a faded one) that resembles the AT mark. I’ll post in tt’s as you suggest for further. Thanks again.
 
Hawker1: An ATN-771F would ne unknown to me. Could it be, that the visor guard is covering a part of the inscription? Because that should rather be an ATN-771E. The AT77x models were variants of the AT7x models with additional visor guard, but otherwise technically the same.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini
 
Probably an A
lini said:
Hawker1: An ATN-771F would ne unknown to me. Could it be, that the visor guard is covering a part of the inscription? Because that should rather be an ATN-771E. The AT77x models were variants of the AT7x models with additional visor guard, but otherwise technically the same.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini
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Realistic put there own numbers on the cartridges they used. Sometimes very close the the same number as the manufacturer. They used a lot of Sure cartridges. It does look like its a AT71E. They also used ADC cartridges on some of the BSR turntables they sold under the LAB label.
Later they started using AT cartridges. Realistic sold a lot of rebranded stuff.
 
Lavane: Yes, but that's not only a rebrand, but also a slight variation of the AT(N)71E due to the additional visor guard. There also was an ATN771 variant of the ATN71 without the additional Realistic and neelde type inscriptions - see for example there: https://www.thakker.eu/tonnadeln/audio-technica-atn-771-nadel-fuer-at-771-original/a-6120/ As you can see, that's also a variant with additional visor guard, but the front label design doesn't really differ from a regular ATN71.

Greetings from Munich!

Manfred / lini
 
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