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Hoddbod · 6th Oct 2018, 3:36 pm

Hi. I have a Dansette Challenge 106. it plays OK, but it has a medium crystal cartridge so it does not play L/Ps all that loud. 78s and 45s are not too bad. But high output cartridges seem to be obtainable. I've seen a YouTube film where a man refurbished such a device with a donor crystal. Why can't you get parts to refurbish an old cartridge? Is it possible, why can't you get replacement crystals?

Hoddbod.

6th Oct 2018, 3:36 pm	#1
Hoddbod Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK. Posts: 64	Crystal Cartridge refurb. Hi. I have a Dansette Challenge 106. it plays OK, but it has a medium crystal cartridge so it does not play L/Ps all that loud. 78s and 45s are not too bad. But high output cartridges seem to be obtainable. I've seen a YouTube film where a man refurbished such a device with a donor crystal. Why can't you get parts to refurbish an old cartridge? Is it possible, why can't you get replacement crystals? Hoddbod.