I'm about to order some stuff form DigiKey and I'm wondering if they have anything that would pass as a terminal for phonograph cartridges? I'm talking about the little female connectors soldered onto the end of the wires coming out of the tonearm and into the cartridge.
I know I can get stuff on eBay and other places, but it would just be handy to get something stuffed into the same order from DigiKey.
I know I can get stuff on eBay and other places, but it would just be handy to get something stuffed into the same order from DigiKey.
Find an old serial or parallel interface card from a PC, anyone who has one will give it you for free. Break apart the female D connector, the sockets should fit you cartridge pins. Many of them are very high quality, designed for reliability and transfer of very high frequency signals.
I'll certainly keep that in mind. But wouldn't they be terminated on the other end with a pin intended to be soldered into a through hole (of the PCB)?
If I could find a solder-type connector I can order from DigiKey, I'd be happy to do that.
Do yourself a favor and order some various cartridge clips from Gary Stork on his VM website.
They're cheap and just the thing to use.
I keep a stock of them around since I do repairs on turntables/changers.
See here:
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Edit: Oh I see there are other types, yeah, I guess those look like what I've seen before.
Huh.
Price is good. Wonder about shipping.
Originally: Those don't look like any cartridge clip I've ever seen before, are you sure those aren't just repurposed from something else?
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