revitalizing rubber in record player cartridges and 45 adaptors.

[davek]

Yeah, if you wanted to play a regular turntable through a stereo console, you would need a preamp and line inputs.

 

[panthera]

I did exchange the ceramic

cartridge in a later Micromatic for a Shure (M3?, don't recall at this precise point, but it was one suggested for such swaps).

Balance wasn't a big problem, and I just slapped a quick, home built pre-amp into the base of the turntable, running the leads then into the Magnavox Tape In aux. on the back.

There's no doubt that a Micromatic can handle it, the compliance is there and the automatic cycle trip is constant force, so anti-skating didn't make a difference, either.

 

[sudsmaster]

I'd rather keep the original configuration since I use the Mag to play 78's as well, so the flip stylus comes in handy for that. The 78's do not sound unbalance, but the 33's do. I have tried a number of fresh needles but the cartridge is still bass-heavy for 33's.

The FM stereo section has proper bass/treble balance, so it's not the amp, per se.