Other times there is a rubber brass or ceramic seat in the bottom of the cartridge opening which is actually forming the seal.
Ceramic cartridge going stiff.
On ceramic cartridges the most common failures as mentioned above are that the flexible elements in the cartridge will harden.
The brass and rubber can no longer fit properly into the hole in the cartridge cylinder and it can leak.
Plus you would need to preamplify the cartridge and cobble something to remove weight from the tone arm.
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I posted a simple preamplifier using a single transistor.
Wide spread faucets are common.
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These parts can become damaged by the movement of the cartridge as it opens and closes.
Compression faucets use o rings to create a watertight seal inside the faucet.
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It s true that ceramics have a higher output and will follow roughly the riaa curve but it s also true that they really need a high impedance input which is likely on a valve tube amp but unlikely on a solid state auxiliary input.
Ceramic cartridges are designed for a 3 10g weight as opposed to the older types working under pressure at 28g ouch.
No modification to the actual circuitry is needed.
Faucets that use ceramic cartridges do not become stiff versus a compression faucet that eventually does.