Got this Toshiba in 1980. The Empire cartridge for it costs more than I paid for the whole turntable! Got Queen's News of the World on it right now...
Gotta admit guys: CD's do sound better and are less maintenance than LPs. I once got ZZ Top Eliminator album synchronized with the CD version (by adjusting platter speed) and switched back and forth with the input selector knob to hear the difference. I can make the CD sound like the LP by bringing the highs down with the graphic equalizer. I think the 'warm' sound comes from the lack of mids and highs from the vinyl... it's less 'tinny', but the splash of cymbals is not as crisp and there are subleties missing on vinyl (like the1st violin, 2nd chair flipping the page on his score while the woodwinds carry the passage).
However, the nostalgia of dropping the needle on records I've had since Jr High is worth the cost of replacement styli... 1000x over!
