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Originally Posted by Captainclock
ok, well I didn't notice that it was such an old thread.
But anyways, if those old crystal cartridges are supposedly "always bad", then hows come I came across one that was still functional after 50+ years in storage?
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Either it is not really crystal, someone had it rebuilt in the last 25 years, or you should play the lottery...
I've owned easily 20+ pre-1950 78 RPM machines, and only 3 had good carts (one has since died). Some do survive, but the rate is miniscule....I've had more (and I reckon a better % too) pre-1950's radios work with original caps installed than I've had phonos with good crystal carts. Not 100% are bad, but I would not bet on any random untested pre-1950 crystal cart being good....
Your one good cart is in a Philco 46-1203 right?...One of mine is too so perhaps Philco had an especially good design cart in those units.