Audiophiles help - I bought an old record/radio console and I have no idea what I'm doing
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I bought a console from the 50s at the flea market. The guy told me the radio quit working last week for an unknown reason (I guessed it needed new tubes) and the record player needed a new cartridge. It was $35 so I decided to take a chance but when I got it home I realized I don't actually know anything. I was hoping someone could help me figure out the kind of cartridge I need, because the only record player I have is a modern one and I can't remove the cartridge on it. It is a Grundig and the model number is SO 302.
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As you can no doubt tell the console is from Germany, so I'm not sure if the standard was different there, but the ones I'm seeing for sale don't look like they'd fit this.
There is another issue with it. The radio is supposed to pick up AM/FM/shortwave/etc but only seems to receive on the FM setting. The tuning dial moves the selector, but the channel doesn't change, so I guess something inside is broken, but looking at it with the limited knowledge I have, I can't tell what.
This was the best place I could think to put this. If there's a better forum please send me there.
[editline]30th August 2014[/editline]
Narrowed the cartridge down to a "Telefunken SA20/2" but I can't find any for sale, only replacement needles.
I'm fairly sure you can repair the cartridge but you'll have to do some rewiring and aligning. Should find a lot of info on the net about this stuff tbh.
Ask this guy too:
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The cartridge is physically missing :v:
you'll have to try some kind of makeshift project tbh... but since you don't have any stylus, I guess do it if you have money to burn.
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