How do you know how long you've used your cartridge for?

[Beobloke]

Wasn't there a Jap deck that kept track for you? Can't remember who made it.

The Garrard Zero 100S had a counter that advanced a small amount up a scale on the bearing housing each time the arm moved towards the record.

[Wntrmute2]

Hourmeter.jpg

This is how I do it. The Hammond enclosure houses a hour meter as well as the needle valve and connectors for adjusting air pressure for the Trans-Fi Terminator tonearm. The hour meter is plugged into a socket that is energized whenever the turntable is spinning so it overestimates a bit.

[petrat]

Separate tally counter for each cartridge, with each side 'clicked' the total is approx 3x the hours played ...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/RelX-Handhel...words=clickers