Hi everyone,

I recently acquired a Thorens TD125 turntable with an SME Series III
3009 tonearm. The set came with three removable arms, one of these
arms had an ortofon cartridge (OM-30 Super) but no Stylus. I just
ordered the Stylus from the local distributor and it sounds terrible.
There is no HF response above a few hundred hertz. I know my system
is good because the other two arms with MC cartridges work fine. BTW,
I have Lundahl step ups and I went through the whole set up procedure
for the new ortofon stylus so I dont believe that my system is the
problem.

Does anyone understand the Ortofon system. Is the removable stylus
just a needle that extends into the arm. Is the electric transducer
for turning the stylus movement into electricity inside the arm? All
I can see is that the stylus is a little tiny plug in thing and part
that it plugs into is fixed on the arm. I cant see any way of opening
it and looking at it. How can I tell if the problem is in the stylus
or in my arm which the stlyus plugs into?

Any help?

Thanks,

John