Perhaps all you good folks might like to read a little something from the AoS Library this week?

How about:
A Short History of Early Ortofon Pick-Up Cartridges

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=4205
Hats off to Barry for a fascinating & well researched piece.

You can't reply to that thread I'm afraid, but maybe a good place for discussion of the subject would be this one:
Classic Cartridges
....which was Andre's thread (number 258) from February 2008.

http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=258

See, I'm dedicated to giving you maximum value for money of a Sunday night!