"Lloyd Fonvielle" wrote

A good machine under a thousand dollars (or even 2
thousand dollars!) capable of playing LPs, 45s and 78s,
putting as little wear on the discs as possible, but delivering
the kind of a full rich sound that CDs just can't provide.
Given those middle-of-the-road parameters, is there
anything out there better than the Thorens TD-190?

It would not be advisable to use the same phono cartridge
for 33s as 78s. The composition used to make 78s and
the varying grove width will shorted the life of the stylus
greatly.

See: http://www.stantondj.com/alpha44/load.asp?page=78rpm