muovimies
Super Member
I have a Tenorel branded version of this cartridge, god only knows who really made it (or if you do, please let me know!), but I thought it's probably best known as the Goldring G800. In short, it's a induced magnet design with a very punchy sound. Mine came with a stylus of unknown vintage, still plays ok but seems to be an aftermarket conical.
As far as I know, the Goldring version originally came in at least 4 types, a very high output conical, conical, elliptical and 'super elliptical' which I think was just regular elliptical but with higher compliance. For the Tenorel version, the original elliptical stylus was nude mounted I think, don't know about the Goldring version. Tenorel also marketed a version of the cart with a Shibata stylus and one for CD-4 quadchannel playback (don't know if it was just the same as the 'regular' shibata version).
I'd like to try this cart with a better stylus, but don't want to pour a lot of money into it, so something like a $15 elliptical replacement would be dandy... can anyone recommend something, eBay etc. would be ok?
As far as I know, the Goldring version originally came in at least 4 types, a very high output conical, conical, elliptical and 'super elliptical' which I think was just regular elliptical but with higher compliance. For the Tenorel version, the original elliptical stylus was nude mounted I think, don't know about the Goldring version. Tenorel also marketed a version of the cart with a Shibata stylus and one for CD-4 quadchannel playback (don't know if it was just the same as the 'regular' shibata version).
I'd like to try this cart with a better stylus, but don't want to pour a lot of money into it, so something like a $15 elliptical replacement would be dandy... can anyone recommend something, eBay etc. would be ok?
