I no longer have a phonostage that tracks playing time (hours). Would like to hear how guys keep track of the hours on a cartridge? I have three tonearms....an app would be nice.
I don’t. When I hear a problem with my stylist then I will know it is time for maintenance.
My last cartridge boasted of +3,000 of play time. I had it for over fifteen years and never reached it. Sold the turntable. I was working then… I listen to more music now.
SOTA has an accessory for some of their turntables called the Roadrunner. It uses a Hall effect sensor to feed back the platter speed to the motor controller for precise speed . One nice feature is that it also has a counter in it that keeps track of stylus time
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