Ortofon cartridge buzzes loudly..??

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That's a very common problem with Ortofon integrated carts. The only sure
cure, is new carts. Shure, Stanton, or Ortofon if they use headshells.

FWIW I use Shure SC35C carts, in Technics headshells.


"Tim Freeman" <tim_233@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:72212942.0502171606.60508cd8@posting.google.com...
> I recently became the proud (second) owner of two Vestax PDX-2000
> turntables with Ortofon Concorde DJS cartridges and styli, and great
> as they are, one of the cartridges has been ripping ugly holes in my
> sets - in many positions in the tone-arm it emits a loud mains buzz
> and no music at all in the left channel, while the right channel is
> unaffected. It will only relent after large (a lot more than a few
> weeks ago) amounts of fiddling with its screw-holder (on the tonearm).
>
> The problem obviously seems to be the connection between the cartridge
> and the tonearm, and if I swap the cartridges, the cartridge carries
> the problem with it, the second cartridge is always fine. Visually
> though, both look completely identical. Does anyone have any idea what
> I could do about this besides shelling out £50 for a new cartridge?
>
> I tried cleaning the connection with toothpaste (stop that sniggering
> at the back) as recommended in one of these forums and it seemed to
> help for a bit, but only for a few hours.

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I've seen lots of defective Ortofons - open coils inside.

Mark Z.


"Tim Freeman" <tim_233@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:72212942.0502171606.60508cd8@posting.google.com...
>I recently became the proud (second) owner of two Vestax PDX-2000
> turntables with Ortofon Concorde DJS cartridges and styli, and great
> as they are, one of the cartridges has been ripping ugly holes in my
> sets - in many positions in the tone-arm it emits a loud mains buzz
> and no music at all in the left channel, while the right channel is
> unaffected. It will only relent after large (a lot more than a few
> weeks ago) amounts of fiddling with its screw-holder (on the tonearm).
>
> The problem obviously seems to be the connection between the cartridge
> and the tonearm, and if I swap the cartridges, the cartridge carries
> the problem with it, the second cartridge is always fine. Visually
> though, both look completely identical. Does anyone have any idea what
> I could do about this besides shelling out £50 for a new cartridge?
>
> I tried cleaning the connection with toothpaste (stop that sniggering
> at the back) as recommended in one of these forums and it seemed to
> help for a bit, but only for a few hours.