AT33-PTG

The PTG these days should sell for £500 at least - actually getting on for a grand I think.

Twenty odd years ago, the price difference from budget to expensive cartridges was huge - baby Ortofons which now sell for £75 were around £30 back then and the AT33ML was a good few hundred at the time.

I still can't reconcile how some cartridges have stayed fairly static in price (apart from currency changes recently), whereas others have gone up by nearly three times their late eighties cost.

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Originally Posted by DSJR

The PTG these days should sell for £500 at least - actually getting on for a grand I think.

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:uhho: Blimey!... did I mention mine only cost £185! :lol: :sofa:

Those are / were high prices and Mike, you got a bargain.
Mine was reasonable enough through Audiocubes2 considering it's performance.

I paid £280 from Audiocubes for my AT33PTG and consider it a bargain, especially as the OC9 has gone up to around the £400 mark.

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Originally Posted by speedy.steve

Those are / were high prices and Mike, you got a bargain.
Mine was reasonable enough through Audiocubes2 considering it's performance.

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Well TBH, it was more good luck that good judgement. I just happened to buy it just before the £ became worth pegs & buttons on the international market.

I'd be interested to hear what values others set their tracking force and phono stage loading at?

I'm dieing to do some playing with mine since fitting the JMW tonearm but the motor unit is still away getting supercharged at the moment... :(

Cheers...

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Well TBH, it was more good luck that good judgement. I just happened to buy it just before the £ became worth pegs & buttons on the international market.

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<Snigger> "Good luck", my arse! It was me who originally recommended the 33PTG to you, otherwise you'd have known bugger all about it! :lol: ;)

Marco.

But did you tell me WHEN to but it?... did you buggery! :upyours:

I was talking about the timing of the purchase numb nuts! :ner:

When to "but it"? :lolsign:

Anyway, this I know - I was just gently reminding you of what prompted your purchase of the cartridge in the first place ;)

Marco.

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Originally Posted by Marco

When to "but it"? :lolsign:

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So I type like a knob, what's new! :confused:

Your recommendation is on the forum somewhere as a matter of record, whaddaya want, a medal! :ner:

Yesh, shweety - you can pin it on my big "but"! :lolsign: :lol: :ner:

My apologies to all our sensible members - normal service will be resumed shortly.

Marco.