"It is what it is".If you frequent dollar bins and thrift stores looking to discover new music cheaply, then even if you have a $500+ audiophile table with a magnetic cart, you need a cheap player with a ceramic cart to play your rough records. If your record collecting includes 78's (those heavy old shellac 10 inchers), then you need a flip needle with one side for the thicker stylus to play 78s (3 mils) and the other side (LP) for your normal vinyl and styrene records (.7 mils). Another thing you have to consider is, how much does it cost to replace the stylus for this cart, versus a vintage Astatic, or other cart or needle from your old school player or luggable suitcase with tubes?If you only have a two speed table, or never plan on playing 78s, then you can probably just get a better needle for your standard cart (no flip needle), with a metal cantilever and rubber bushing instead of that cheap all plastic thing that comes with most of of the players. If the original cart still sucks, Banpa makes a single needle cartridge too, to snap right in where your Chuo Denshi (or copy) cart sits. (Of course, if you can play 78s, I highly recommend this flip needle cart, and you should at least get hold of some 78s to experience!)Ceramic carts with their basic conical styli pull less detail out of your records, but if you're playing worn and poorly cared for records, that's detail you don't want to hear! Make sure you have a table with bigger speakers and a tone control if you're going to screen rougher records. A Crosley Cruiser or lookalike "brief case" player with tiny 2 inch "tweeters" for speakers will not make ANY records sound good, and this cart will not help much unless you use headphones or an external amp.Also, these snap-in carts fit other vintage players (BSR for example), and you can find adapters to mount this cart in other players that use 1/2 inch mounting spacing. (Older ceramic style players that is. I'm not saying you should stick this on your high end Thorens or Denon table!) You should also know that ceramic carts like this need to track heavier than the 1.5 or less grams you've heard about for magnetic carts. Six grams or even more are typical for these, not that you can adjust the tracking force on most players this cart is good for. If you try to counterbalance your ceramic cart to something like 1.5 grams, you will be disappointed!This players that use this cart are not for your brand new collectible 180 gram vinyl, but, if you're lucky enough to find a good vintage vinyl 45 that's not too badly thrashed, you'll be amazed at how good it can sound! The machines that take this cart won't immediately shred your records, but again, if you're spending $30 and up for new vinyl, you need a better system for that. This is great for breathing new life into your old plastic stereo players and changers from the '60s and '70s, and is an easy and worthy upgrade for your newer cheapie 3 speed players from China.

TL;DR : Great Upgrade for all those turntables using the infamous red head ceramic cartridge found on Crosley cruisers and the like.I needed a rechargeable portable turntable for when I go crate digging at thrift stores and the Numark PT01 Touring was the only option so I bought it. I wasn’t expecting great sound from the Numark Crosley clone but I didn’t think it be this bad! The stock cartridge sounded honky and tinny and terrible thru headphones and even for just sampling records I found the sound unacceptable.Enter the Banpa BP2ATC, I was made aware of this cartridge thru VWESTLIFE on YouTube as an upgrade to the cartridge normally found on these crosley clone record players. I went ahead and bought a Banpa BP2ATC cartridge because at around $12 it was cheap enough to give it a try and I’m glad I did! Not only can I play 78rpm records properly now, but the sound quality on the Numark PT01 Touring improved greatly! The sound now is flatter and more even with some low end now whereas the original stock cartridge had no low end to speak of. It could sound even better if the impedance mismatch was addressed in these crosley cruiser clones but I digress...Installation is pretty simple only requiring a flat blade screwdriver, needle nose pliers, and some steady hands. There are videos on youtube going into more detail on how to install this cartridge but the gist of it is stick the screwdriver in the front clip and pry gently till it pops out, then carefully with the pliers or your hands disconnect the connectors off the back of the old cartridge, connect the connectors to the new Banpa cartridge, hook the back of the cartridge into the headshell and snap the front in and you now have installed the Banpa cartridge.As others have noticed the needle that comes with the Banpa BP2AC is a dual LP not a 78/LP needle so if you are serious about playing 78s then get the Pfanstiehl 274-DS73.All in all a great upgrade for all those entry level turntables, so great in fact I bought another for my parents Electrohome EANOS radio.

I mainly purchased this a while back to install on a custom-built record player/cutter i made - I replaced the original astatic head because it was beyond saving (it was from the early to mid 40s) since i use cartridge's 78 needle for the record player/cutter i tend to listen to more 78 RPM records and record on 33 LP (Long Play)But once connected it sounds great, it's a good one, price is nice also.

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Tengo una Victrola 6 en 1, tenia bastantes problemas para reproducir vinilos, se saltaba muchos pedazos. Al cambiarlo el problema se solucionó completamente, lo he probado con varios álbumes y ya no salta ninguna parte. Realmente lo recomiendo, es una solución práctica y económica.

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I bought this cartridge for my ion turntable as I just got myself a better turntable. I thought i would make a little project of it and give my old one to a friend.Set up is simple but you do need to be careful of the wires. It clips in nicely and feels secure.As for the sound. It does improve from this cartridge, the sound is warmer and clearer. The only thing id did have to do was tuern the bass down a bit and it sounds great, not taudiophile quality but definitely good enough for someone starting with vinyl or someone who is not too picky.

Fantastic product!