I forget the model of the Stanton turntable I bought at my local Guitar Center about a year ago, but if you press the 33 and 45 buttons at the same time, it swings up to 78rpm. I also bought an additional headshell, which is the bit that screws onto the arm, so that I could switch them out. This particular turntable from Stanton has a little hole on the top face where you can sit an extra headshell. The turntable has no automatic features, and no hard cover, just a cloth dust cover.
So there are three pieces you need for the 78 assembly: the headshell, the stylus itself, and the cartridge. What I had to do was find the stylus, which is the needle itself, then I had to find a cartridge, which is the bit between the stylus and the headshell that has wires that you connect to the headshell. The stylus fits onto the cartridge. You'll need to do very exacting research to make sure that you get the right things, since you may have to order one or more of the parts online. I found that for the 78 stylus, it didn't come mounted onto the cartridge, so that's why I had to order the cartridge and stylus separately, and from two different places, no less. I had sighted help to wire up the cartridge to the headshell, and then the cartridge actually had a standard 33 needle already there, so that's for extras, and the 78 needle just slipped on. You got all that? I hope you find what you need. The entire investment in order to get the proper playing setup for 78s was about six ty dollars, half for needle and half for the cartridge. I hope this info helps. The people at my store were helpful in looking up the model numbers of the parts I needed, but double check anyway. The output from this 78 needle is significantly louder than that of the one for 33s, so you'll need to adjust your volume output when transferring. Matthew To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [email protected]
