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Nothing to do with medical equipment, but does anyone know the company website or have any information on the Acos "Lustre" pickup arm ?

I fitted one to a Connoisseur BD1 belt driven turntable several years ago and need a new magnetic cartridge for it because the stylus isn't available for the Ortofon cartridge I have at present. I know there are several factors to take into account when matching a cartridge to an arm, but I can't find the specification sheet for the arm any more (the wife probably tidyed it up )

Any Vinyl fans still out there ?

Roy,
Have you let you fingers do the walking? I use a local (proper) HiFi shop. Proper HiFi shops usually only deal in quality gear you won't find in currys, still stock turntables, and can offer good advice.

I've got hundreds of Vinyls and a very nice JVC turntable. Most of my stuff is blues and 70s rock.
Although i have found a second hand vinyl dealer in the local market house with a considerably large stock. I bought a very nice Purple vinyl version of Made in Japan.

Look up BADA on the web, the British Audio Dealers Association, they should point you to your local dealer.

Just found the link Roy

http://www.bada.co.uk/

Try www.hifistore.co.uk or www.hifibitz.co.uk

Both these site have a wide of MM or MC cartridge.

Even ebay has a good range to look at. Vinyl is still the best way to listen to music.

A.M

Canford may be able to help Tel tech no 01914181144

CPC may be able to get one WWW.cpc.co.uk

I seam to remember a company that had somthing to do with elephants in the name
"big elephant little elephant" but i will have to think about that one.

Thanks chaps !

My local "Hi-Fi" shops consist of Richer Sounds (who hadn't heard of Acos or Connoisseur and suggested I should buy a new turntable), Comet (who wanted to sell me a DVD player) and Curries (who didn't have the slightest idea what I was talking about).

I've tried "hifistore" and "hifibitz" and both say they don't recognise my existing Ortofon cartridge (so can't supply a stylus) and didn't pass any comment about the pickup arm.

CPC can supply cartridges but have no idea what is compatible with the arm. They mainly seem to do DJ stuff - and I don't want to scratch any of my beloved collection !

I've sent an e-mail to BADA - so we'll see what happens !

Sorry my last two web site were of no help.

My last idea is: http://audiotools.com

A.M

Thanks for that Aston Martin, I now know that Acos was a trade name for Hi-Fi stuff manufactured by Cosmocord in the UK (in Enfield). I thought Acos was a Japanese company ! You live and learn.

Unfortunately they were taken over by a plastics company who withdrew from this part of the market in the '80s and their site makes no mention of this type of equipment.

Oh well.

Perhaps BADA will come up with some help.

Thanks guys.