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Changing stylus on JVC L-A31 (self.vinyl)

submitted 1 year ago by brozzsama to c/vinyl

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I'll be getting a used JVC L-A31 tomorrow and it comes with a replacement stylus. I suppose ill be installing it right away as I don't know how old the one that is currently installed is. Any tips on how to make sure I don't break the tonearm or cartridge? I only replaced the stylus and cartridge once on a very cheap record player which uses one of those 3 euros cartridges, will the procedure be similar or should I expect some further complications?

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[–] brozzsama 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Awesome. Yes the previous owner is selling an unopened new stylus along with the player, I assume they bought it to have a spare one and never used it.

[–] brozzsama 1 points 1 year ago

In case anyone needs it for future reference the stylus on the original Z1-S cartridge just comes right off with a slight horizontal pull away from the cartridge. It is a lot easier than replacing the cartridge on cheaper players such as low-end Crosleys (eg. https://youtu.be/XtFBIa39U0U), so don't expect the procedure to be similar.