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The Black Adder
09-09-2019, 09:29
Hi all.

Been having a dig around and found these.

Ortofon rondo red
Goldring g1042
Stanton 500 V3

Both Rondo and Goldring have broken cantilevers.

Not keen on the Stanton myself but it's a good little cart overall.

Does anyone recommend having these repaired?

The Goldring is a great boogie cart so a new front section could be good but I'm looking to invest in something different.

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struth
09-09-2019, 09:43
rondo red was a good cart and unobtainable now so might be worth retipping that. jazz lovers like it
Beobloke
09-09-2019, 12:17
I like the 1042 as well. Well worth treating it to a new stylus IMHO.
Bigbird
10-09-2019, 00:46
I had my rondo red upgraded to top of the line Bronze spec and it was stunning. Father in law still has it and every time i hear it i want it back[emoji23]


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The Black Adder
22-09-2019, 05:55
If anyone is interested in the Rondo Red, let me know.

Ortofon do a trade-in offer and the Rondo Red has a value of £89 against a new Ortofon cart.
Mike Reed
22-09-2019, 14:04
Ortofon do a trade-in offer and the Rondo Red has a value of £89 against a new Ortofon cart.

Is this (usually %) trade-in not dependent upon which cart. is purchased? It is with Lyra (and another; Benz?)
The Black Adder
22-09-2019, 14:07
Can't remember but I think it's only for another ortofon making up no more of 30% of the value of the new cart.

Still a good deal.

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