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Pickups – pamper your turntable
If you want to improve the sound from your turntable, a new pickup can work wonders. A pickup is the small “piece” that sits at the tip of the tonearm. The pickup body is typically made of metal, plastic, or wood and serves as the housing for the inner components that generate the sound. There are mainly two groups of pickups, namely MM (Moving Magnet) and MC (Moving Coil). However, there is also a third group of pickups - a type called MI (Moving Iron).
MM pickups will most often be the cheapest, as they are less demanding to assemble. MC pickups will therefore be in price ranges that call for a better turntable. Typically, turntables in the 3,000-15,000 price range will be/come equipped with an MM pickup, while more expensive turntables come with MC pickups. There are exceptions, and when investing in a turntable, it can pay off to buy as good a turntable as your budget allows and then save a little on the pickup, since it will need to be replaced at some point anyway.
The price differences between pickups are often due to the different stylus profiles on the small diamond at the end of the cantilever. The finer the diamond is cut, the better (more accurately) it reads the groove and retrieves information that the more primitive profiles will struggle with.
At Lydspecialisten, you can always get your pick-up mounted, and we are always ready to advise you before you buy your pickup. You can easily get in touch with us right here.
