Audio Technica Phono Cartridge

It has been my (long) experience that Audio Technica products are generally competently designed and remarkably durable in actual consumer use. This little workhorse (AT-pl120)is no exception. It took the place of the standard cartridge included with an Icon USB turntable (a bad choice on my part, BTW), the stylus of which bent to an unusable angle for no particular reason. Rather than spend $22 on a replacement stylus, I popped for a pair of these A-T and am very satisfied. No audiophiliac pretensions, to be sure, but a well-made product at a decent price.

It sounded okay for the first five records. Then it wore out and sounded fuzzy. And no, I wasn't being rough on it. The records I was running were in fairly good shape, and I know enough to put a light weight on it.

I purchased this product for a 25 year old turntable and was quite surprised that Amazon had it in stock. I can now listen to my old records... thank you Amazon!

It was easy to install in a 1980's vintage Dual brand turntable. It works, it sounds great. It was not expensive. The Shure cartridge I had before skipped or stuck frequently, and simply didn't work on the left channel, so this Audio Technica cartridge is a huge improvement, just because it works. I use it with a Pyle PP-999 Phono Turntable Pre-Amp and a Griffin Technology iMic USB External Sound Card

It fit to my Technics turntable nicely. It was very easy to put and it plays well.