Buy a new Project TT and a new Grado Black cartridge ($75). Your non-working Onkyo TT is worth little. The Grado G1 is probably too worn to be of any more use!
Help with a gift Vinyl Collection and Onkyo CP-1280F Turntable
A friend of mine in his 80's, gave me an Onkyo CP-1280F TT with a Grado G1 cartridge and 350+ pieces of well cared for vinyl. I purchased a Pro-ject mm phono cartridge to make it operational. It's fully automatic and direct drive, but the fully automatic part doesn't work. The sound IMO is thin and lacks body. Where should I start? Needle? Cartridge? or another phono preamp? Or given the fact it needs work to restore; should I just purchase a new manual TT with a new cartridge and sell the Onkyo on Craigslist. I don't want to spend over $500.00. The last system I had was a Kenwood KA-5500, Technics DD turntable with a Stanton EEE Cartridge sometime in the early 80's. It's been long enough since I've had any vinyl; I'd say I was a Virgin! Advice would be appreciated!
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