I have a Hall MMF 2.1 Turntable with Goldring Elan Moving Magnet (MM) Cartridge I just recently noticed a static sound from the stylus after recording just a few songs. I also use LAST Products. LAST Stylus Cleaner & Treatment seem to help for a while. Any suggestions? Stylus replacement? Thanks, Bill

Hello Charles.

Maybe you use the wrong pickup system.
Normal Phono inputs are just for MM-Systems.
MC-System needs other Pre-Amp.
Some newer Amps have a switch (mostly near the Phono inp.) to select MM- or MC- system. (MM means Moving Magnet-Sys. and MC is Moving Coil-Sys)

Best Regrets Gue.

Can I suggest you visit and contact their website and ask for the spare parts for the turntable in reguards for the motor. However belts are available on E-Bay and other places.
http://musichallaudio.com/

The pre-amp has failed. Since you can hear the signal with the deck plugged into the amp that proves the cartridge and deck are working.

Hi, there is no reason for the turntable not to work with your amp. This amp has 2 phono inputs. Moving magnet and moving coil. Your tt likely has a moving magnet cartridge fitted so connect via that input. Cheers John. styluscity.com

These are the specs for your cartridge - it is of the moving magnet variety. Vector-Aligned Dual Magnet design and A-T's exclusive Paratoroidal signal generator. This unique signal-generating system is composed of a unified, laminated coil core wound with a single piece of wire. Internal mechanical and electrical connections are eliminated, minimizing magnetic losses and assuring better signal transfer. PCOCC wire

Cartridge Specifications (ATP-2)

Frequency Response 15-22,000 Hz

Channel Separation 23/17 (dB at 1 kHz/10 kHz)

Vertical Tracking Force 3.0 - 5.0 grams

Stylus Construction Bonded round shank

Output 5.3 mV at 1 kHz, 5 cm/sec

Channel Balance 1.5 dB

Stylus Shape 0.4 x 0.7 mil elliptical
Cantilever Alloy tube

you can use either on your turntable provided your amplifier has a moving coil facility? if not your limited to moving magnet type? the moving coils are more expensive and generally better quality, but saying that some moving magnet type cartridges can cost over£100 so, unless you have a high end expensive hi fi i would go for the moving magnet?

Hiya, first and foremost, is it plugged into the amps correct sockets? Turnatables have to in the PHONO (turntable) Any others , CD, AUX, MIC etc will not work. (sorry if that seems obvious, wasnt sure on the info provided)

If that is OK then check the stylus, probably requires a new stylus or/and cartridge.

Best of luck

The electrical output from a turntable actually comes from the cartridge on the tone arm. Specifically, it's generated by an interaction between a magnet and a coil inside the cartridge. They come in two types, MC ("moving coil") and MM ("moving magnet") according to which of the two elements moves and which is fixed. MM cartridges produce more current but MC cartridges usually sound better. No matter which you have though, the total output is too low for the regular line inputs on amplifiers. Ten or twenty years ago, amps has special "phono" inputs. This would have a special pre-amplifier in it that would amplify the cartridge's singal to a level suitable for the rest of the amp. Most amps having a phono input only deal with MM cartridges, which have a higher signal.

I use an MC cartridge with an amp that doesn't have a phono input at all; therefore I needed to buy a special external phono pre-amp. I bought a Musical Fidelity X-LPS. But cheaper pre-amps do exist.

You will need to obtain a phono preamp to connect between the deck and the amplifier. I do not think this turntable is fitted with its own preamp - check the User Guide.

If you mean Moving Magnet vs Moving Coil, they are different.

MM is the higher output of the two types so most Phono Preamps can deal with them.

Not knowing the specific receiver model, a direct answer to your second query is not possible. I would guess - YES.

"Since the coils are much smaller than those in the MM cartridge, the MC cartridge generates a much smaller signal."

see this great article where that originates...

http://forum.ecoustics.com/bbs/messages/1/165349.html