A Question about the AR XA turntable.
On Sun, 13 Jul 2003 07:30:39 -0400, "Arny Krueger"
wrote:
"Nicole Kidman" wrote in message
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I just bought an Acoustic Research XA Turntable on ebay to fix for my own
personal use. The turntable is missing the headshell and the stylus. I
have
been told that AR TT's use an exclusive headshell that cannot be replaced
with other brands. This means that I will have to either find an AR
headsheall or change the tonearm. Does anyone have advice on changing the
tonearm on this table? Or does anyone know where I can obtain a headshell
that will fit on the AR tonearm?
Changing the tonearm on this turntable is a good idea because the standard
tone arm was the worst part of the whole turntable.
One caveat is that the original tone arm had a relatively low profile and
tone arm upgrades are like to obsolete the existing cover.
This individual has been mentioned as having experience in this area:
George Merrill
Underground Sound*
7990 Trinity Road, Suite 124
Memphis, TN 38018
(901) 405-0261
Unfortunately, he's pretty much out of that business now.
I might have a headshell lying around. If you write me privately to
express interest in it, I'll root around and see if I can find it and
you can have it.
PS, I loved you in Dead Calm.
chuckle
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