Changing a Phono Cartridge: Unscrew Head

Video Transcript

"We're going to start off by talking about the head. You find it here on the end of the arm which is where it is if you're going to be using it. Take it off. You unscrew it. You say this needle is no good, we want to change it. The head is actually just this part here. Not counting this, which is the cartridge, or the wires. But it has places to connect the wires to. It has a place to be plugged into the arm. It has the little handle here for when you're lifting the arm. Places to screw in the cartridge, and of course it fits the cartridge perfectly. This head has done very well. I've used it for like four or five years now, no trouble. I doubt I'm going to need to replace it. Heads aren't something that really tend to break, I mean, unless you were to misuse it or throw it, but, I'm sure you wouldn't be doing that."