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Well, I learnt an important lesson a couple of nights ago. Don’t use halogen desk lamps to light your metal Supex cartridge trying to take photos of the stylus ...idjiot At some point I noticed my Supex 901 Super was getting quite hot. I took a couple more shots and then re-mounted the cartridge to TT thinking I’ll just listen to one more Lp before bed. Alas, I’d lost the left channel. I desperately checked all connections and even swapped headshells but no luck. Devastated. Nothing worse than ruining something you love with stupidity! So.... I’m guessing the heat has fused or severed/popped the left coil? Can anyone help to let me know if I’m on the right track, and can it possibly be repaired??? There was a tiny volume of music coming from the left speaker but only just. I love that cartridge and they’re not easy to come by at decent cost so I’m hoping I can get her up and running again.

I recently bought a BIC 980 turntable that has a Supex sm100 mk3 cartridge but the stylus is damaged. I've tried to find a replacement but only the SMM/5 version is available and it's $100. It was originally fitted with an SMM/E which I believe was the elliptic version. With a bit of research someone said the stylus for a Shure M75e would fit. Has anyone had any experience with this? I've done some googling and found many different versions of the stylus and I'm not sure if they are all compatible with each other. I plan to find a cheap one and if it works look for a higher end stylus.

Item: -Rare- Supex SD900 Rosewood LOMC cart - Retipped a few years ago by Garrott Bros with aluminum cantilever and shibata tip. Perhaps 60 hours use since the retip. Has had no use since I sold my Ariston RD110 SL + Fidelity Research FR-24 Mk2 arm a year or two back to another SNA'er Location: Brisbane Price: $650 (posted within Australia) Item Condition: Excellent for its age Reason for selling: I went a little silly buying rare and esoteric carts a few years ago and have more than I can use. I want to free up funds for another project. This is your chance to acquire this rare and sought after cart for a very reasonable price. Payment Method: Pickup - Cash, Paypal preffered Extra Info: Rare vintage cart. There's one listed in need of retip on eBay right now for $995 + post. This is priced for a quick sale. Rumored to be designed by Sugano San, the original maker of Koetsu carts. Having owned both Koetsu Rosewood and Supex SD900 carts I can say they are indeed similar sounding though I've a preference for the Supex. The best midrange I've heard on any cart. Just a sense of being there which so many carts fail to pull off. Photos: