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Old 03-16-2013, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by StellarTV View Post
I'm liking the idea of going with a magnetic cartridge and preamp. <-->
I tried replacing a ceramic cartridge in a VM record player that had a two pole motor.
The magnetic cartridge I used, quite a few years ago was a GE VRII magnetic.

The problem was that the magnetic cart picked up lots of motor hum and was completely unusable.

Has shielding improved with modern mag carts so that using them in players with two pole motors no longer is a problem?
Does anyone know of a particular cartridge that works well in this situation?

Thanks, Cliff
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