>From: Crandon David <tabdave at comcast.net> > >I've never used a ceramic cartridge before, or actually, maybe I have. >Aren't those the type of cartridges used in "all in one" record players >like I had as a kid and like the kind used in schools in the 60's and >70's? They're the ones. Mainly 'Dancette' (sp?) in the UK. They often had a flip-over stylus to play 78s or 45/33s, possibly even in stereo!, with a single valve (tube) amplifier (per channel). David -- David Ledger - Freelance Unix Sysadmin in the UK. Chair of HPUX SysAdmin SIG of hpUG technical user group (www.hpug.org.uk) dledger at ivdcs.co.uk www.ivdcs.co.uk