You will have to register at the site, but here are links to manuals for your turntable and tonearm. Turntable Belts, Phonograph needles, Audio Hifi: Elex Atelier IIRC the Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference and the Michell took the same belt which you can get here.
Unless it was changed recently, you may need a new belt for your table. Your budget will have a lot to do with recommendations. The Shure M97xe would work as would most Grados, moving magnet Audio-Technicas and Ortofons. The knife-edge bearings in the arm are a little wobbly for low compliance and moving coil cartridges that transfer a lot of energy down the arm. The arm works best with medium to high compliance moving magnet cartridges. SME also has a couple of North American distributors, but you would have to email them at the addresses found under "Distributors". There is also an output convertor part from SME that replaces the 4 pin connector and allows you to use regular interconnects with rcas. You may still be able to get one from SME at the link below. It's long discontinued, but they occasionally pop up on eBay. The tonearm cable has a proprietary connector. Here is a link to a very good rigid headshell. SME Vintage S2 Lightweight Headshell S.2 Ultra Light NR - (eBay.ca item 110381669420 end time 04-May-09 22:39:05 EDT) You may require a low mass headshell like the original for higher compliance cartridges and a more rigid headshell for lower compliance. Connection to the preamp is through a DIN connector.Īny standard headshell will fit your tonearm. The preamp has modular boards inside for phono, tape/tuner, and dual mono output. The amp is very good and the arm can be with the right cartridge. It's a little fuzzy and indistinct and the gain for digital sources is very, very high. I've owned the Quads and the SME and heard the Michell (and yes, I'm old).
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