Changing needle: I wonder what is a typical lifetime of a needle like the one it comes with and if I were to change it, what would you recommend?
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An elliptical stylus like the one that comes with this table lasts around 500 hours of play. You can easily find the exact replacement stylus that just slips onto your cartridge. Just Google "ATPN2" stylus. Although the stock cartridge sounds pretty decent, you may wish to replace the whole thing with something that tracks a little lighter and causes considerably less record wear. The AT95E, AT120E/T, or AT440MLa would all be excellent choices, depending on how much you want to spend. They are all praised by enthusiasts on a budget as being overachievers in their price-ranges. Some actually prefer the lowly AT95E over anything else... There is also the Shure M97xE. It's a little warmer sounding than the AT cartridges and also a bargain and a very good cart. But, even though I would usually choose a warmer sounding cartridge over a brighter sounding one... I find that the AT carts just get my toes to tapping a little more at this price point. A little more air, detail and a sense of "being there"... The AT440MLa gives some very expensive cartridges a run for their money and the linear contact stylus lasts 1000 hours of play. Garage 'A Records stocks all of the carts I mentioned here... http://www.garage-a-records.com/
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Yes, I did get a couple of different stylus needles for mine, but really the one that came with the unit sounds the best. The other work, but you have to trim the plastic of the cartridge and adjust, but I managed to get both to snap in. It just snaps in, and these cartridges are flexible plastic, not completely rigid plastic. So if you have any trouble getting it to fit, it may have to be looked at carefully and then trim a tab or heat melt a tab to fit. But the original one is great. I have a 78rpm needle and the smaller 33rpm needle, but the original sounds great on both. Great is a relative term here, but it plays all the records and it's portable.
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I had the same issue. The needles broke over & over and are not the easiest to change out. I ended up selling mine. Was very disappointed.
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The needle WILL be DAMAGED and UNFIXABLE if you leave the cartridge in long enough. The best way to take care of it is to just switch out each cartridge after each use, regardless of how long you used it. Trust me on this. It happened to me.
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Hello. I've used the Crosley NP4 Replacement Record Needle whenever I had to replace mine and its very easy to install/works very well. Heres the link the the amazon page for it: Crosley NP4 Replacement Record Needle
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Want a replacement needle? Go online to Turntableneedles.com, give them make and model of your record player, and they will have a needle. I recently restored my YORX record player to like new, with a new needle and a belt.
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Yes it is - but the needle a pretty long, so you need to buy some less long I think. Otherwise the needle tool works great, been using it for years, no claims.
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Both the separate needles and gun tips are labeled. (The 1.8 being the larger set) its very simple to change, just make sure you clean gun before and after every use
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I had similar concerns. Organ makes needles as original equipment and replacements. They are OK to use. The larger consideration is to change needles as per factory recommendation. The tip gets rounded after hours of sewing.
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Hello. I've used the Crosley NP4 Replacement Record Needle whenever I had to replace mine and its very easy to install/works very well. Heres the link the the amazon page for it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00133MFBU/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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your best bet would be to check with Crosley, as they know what needle works best with the different units. My unit is a different number.
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Ours is about two years old. I think the trick is to do the de-scaling procedure as well as keeping the piercing needle open.
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Many needles are interchangeable between injectors. I would look for injection needles from a 2 oz injector and see if they fit ok.
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Look for seller "My Needle store" on Amazon. go to contact seller. They will know and you can purchase from them. Excellent seller.
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hi paul. it came with 1 needle size .3 so i brought a .2 for finer detail lines. hope this helps
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You can replace individual needles as they break. I usually wait until I have 2 or 3 to replace. This is a nice machine for the price.
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http://www.amazon.com/review/R1A6VISEZLBCNK/ref=cm_cr_pr_viewpnt#R1A6VISEZLBCNKLook at this review. It helped me. However, it was ultimately my 12 year old who figured it out based on the directions. She says to NOT push the trigger when putting the needle on. I don't know. Good luck! Mine is working now!