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Originally Posted by dieseljeep
The changer might use the EV-26 cartridge. The one with the mounting bracket riveted to the case and held with one screw.
The stereo is a little newer than the late 50's. It seems like '61 to '64 model year. It's a great little amp and sounds good, for being single-ended.
If the radio chassis is the one I'm thinking of, there was provisions for a multiplex adaptor, if it has an insulation board covering a large hole in the chassis.  |
Its a pretty simple tuner as it doesn't even have any dial lamps for the tuner display, and it does have a place to hook a multiplexer adapter on the tuner chassis in the form of 3 RCA style jacks and then the console has a couple of sliding doors on the top to reveal the tuner, turntable and record storage.
The Collaro made Turntable is an early Micromatic turntable which did have an EV Model 26 cartridge installed but mine was installed using a special custom made 1/2" spacing screw type to single screw adapter that had the cartridge attached to 1/2" spaced screw holes and then the adapter was attached to the single screw hole on the top of the tonearm.
I looked over at the Voice of Music website and they had some EV 26 Cartridges but they were almost $40 and the idler tire that my Collaro made Micromatic Turntable needs is also almost $40 when you factor in that the shipping to send in the old idler tire is $6 now, and then the new part is $28 plus the $6 shipping then it comes to pretty much $40, I wish I could find another old Micromatic turntable that I could salvage the idler tire from or figure out if someone on here has a spare Micromatic idler tire that they'd be willing to part with for free that I could have, and as for the cartridge I had found another EV cartridge (can't remember the model number right now but its one of the 4 digit model numbered ones, that was only $18 and with shipping it would be about $24 (which is nearly half the price of the EV 26.
Anyways I just wish that this old Magnavox Micromatic Turntable wasn't so expensive to get going...
