Going from MM to MC

@jasonbourne71 ...or the even-better old days when the Technics SL-10 came out...a literal "plug 'n play" TT that came stock with a MC cart.  The retail on it was something like 600~750$ at the time....which launched a 'pre-online era' hunt.

Yielded a buy from Wisconsin Discount Stereo (long gone) for $300, and a long happy relationship; missed that MC cart as much as the SL....

Local SF dealer stocked the 10s', asked what I got mine for.....a shock, as it was lower than what it cost him to offer them....

Still miss it....but cemented my pref of linear arms....

@jasonbourne71 ...It surprised me at the time....not the best MC, but it outdid the Stanton 681EE MM cart I had at the time...

What really caught further imagination about the 10 was it could be run on 12vdc; there was a jack on the back of it (if memory isn't total trash....I even have my moments of doubt, just to speak potential truth to a vague concern of mine...and perhaps to verify that of others... ;)...)

I could see an SL in a motorhome, happily playing en route...you could (and I did) pick it up and turn it over, upside down while playing....and not miss a note.

Astounding....If you rotated it horizontally, it would 'wow'...but not skip....

The cart is near unobtainium these days...even in Japan....*sigh*