Noob with a grundig 8080 needs a cartridge

[dustinjay]

Hey guys Im dustin. Im just getting into these older radios. I found a 1957-58 Grundig 8080 from Germany. Everything on it is in german. Its in damn near perfect working order. I took the truntable off and cleaned and lubed some of the parts and its working great. I have deduced that my cartridge is not working. I have found a replacement but as I am not well versed in these things I thought i should check here.

this is what im looking at
http://www.turntableneedles.com/Astatic ... p_634.html

thanks guys

[dustinjay]

I should have put the make of the turntable. It's a perpetuum ebner Rex A. 57-58 model

[happylad]

Wow ! very nice piece of kit ! looking at the vintage and origin I would imagine that cartridge would go well with that unit , the only thing I would worry about would be if it fits mechanically , I have a nice Blue spot /Blaupunkt radio gram which needed a new cart I got a same brand replacement which was fine electrically but the metal bracket that held the cartridge didnt work out as the new cart had a bigger flip over knob then the original . You might not have this problem but be forewarned .Thats a beautiful console !

[dustinjay]

Thanks man. It looks identical from the pics size and shape size. Well see when it gets here. I'll post up some pics soon.