Quote Originally Posted by shane View Post
I have a friend who has a Thorens TD150-Helius Scorpio-A&R C77 / Quad 33-303 / Quad ELS57 system which has lain dormant for many years. Finding himself newly single, he wishes to revive it but the stylus is a) broken and b) no longer available.

What would the panel recommend in the way of a dirt cheap (and I mean dirt cheap!) replacement cartridge?
Shocking! Seriously though - I'm with Marco here, the Nagaoka should be OK, though I don't have any personal experience of it.

A cheap cartridge that 'punches well above its weight', that I have listened to in my Quad system is the Grado FTE+1. Don't know if it is still available.