adjProducts, Head Shell, Standard Headshell for Turntable Cartridge TT-HEADSHELL

I restore and refurbished vintage turntables for a living and the majority of them require a head shell. I came across these based on price point and quality, and was not disappointed. I have purchased nearly a dozen of these head shells and it did not matter what cartridge that I put on it (Ortofon Red, Denon DL-103, Audio Technica's, etc), it worked flawlessly. The connectors are easy to connect to the cartridge, screw holes are plenty big for larger screws, and it is super easy to align the cartridge. I know that there are more expensive "HiFi" head shells out there, but this does a fantastic job.

First, the finish/quality is far better than the no-name ebay headshell selling for about the same price... that is about 2-3x better - spend the money here, not there. I purchased two and both had the azimuth dead on. SLIGHTLY heavier than genuine Technics, but not much, your cartridges will probably have more weight difference. Cheap enough I just put a headshell on each cartridge I have. Spend your money on your cartridge.... unless it's a $200+ cartridge then it my be worth getting a genuine OEM one. Works great on the Technics SL-Q2, SL-230, and SL-D1. Headshell wire quality is good, not fantastic but a very good deal for the $$.Be sure to get a cartridge alignment tool (sold seperately), or if you have a Technics use the Baerwald alignment protractor off Vinylengine. Otherwise you WILL have inner groove distoriton. I've got a AT95E cartridge on one headshell, Stanton 500 on the other.

Each time I acquire a new cartridge I buy one of these headshells allowing me to easily swap between them on my tonearm. They look and feel exactly like Technics headshells, come with the wires already connected at the base, and they're great quality. They fit onto my Technics SL-1200MK5 and Audio-Technica AT-LP120XUSB turntables, and should fit any tonearm with the standard SME connector. The black color looks good too, I personally like the appearance better than silver headshells.

I found an old Shure M44-7 and wanted to mount and listen to again. This shell is pretty good. The leads are not as good as the Parts Express shell, not gold plated or strengthened so be careful sliding on the pins. Yes shell is plastic and when you tighten the screws it starts to bite into it when lining it up with a shell protractor. I did not have any small washers that would fit which is why. I think for a one and done shell it works well and the sound is ok.

I needed a new headshell to mount my Shure m97xe cart so that I could do a comparison with another cart on another headshell; I also needed to have wires included since one of the wires that came with the Shure cart went missing. This headshell made it easy to mount the cart since the edges were flat; I have an older headshell where the edges were at 90 degree angles, making it very difficult to turn those little headshell nuts. Once the cart was mounted, I attached the headshell to my Kenwood KD-5033AF TT, circa 1976; it fit snuggly and worked perfectly. The takeaway from this is that this is a quality headshell to mount your cart to.

This headshell is almost identical to the Technics OEM shells in appearance, weight and design. It pairs up very well with the Numark Groove Tool cart and stylus which is very well priced here on Amazon. I’m attaching a pic with this review, as mounted on a MCS 6601 turntable, which is somewhere around the Technics SL-1900 or SL-2000, great tables. No frills, good quality headshell for the money. Be sure to download and print out an alignment protractor to line up your cartridge in the headshell so you don't end up with noise, you should do this any time you move your cart to a new headshell. Baerwald alignment is probably the easiest for newbies, and VinylEngine website has printable alignment tools for free download. If you see any reviews complaining about noise on this product, there's a solid chance the reviewer didn't properly align their cartridge in the shell!

Other than the logo I cannot tell the difference between this head shell and the AT unit that came with my turntable. Construction is pretty universal so mounting the cartridge and installing to the tonearm were a breeze. It's so much easier to have an extra head shell with the cartridge pre-mounted for easy changeover. I highly recommend picking some of these up if you like to switch out cartridges, even if it's only from time to time.

It's not a terrible headshell. Worked out for me for about a year. But I noticed some interesting issues. Not sure if this has to do with any other part of my set-up, and to be fair, I have a pretty cheapo set-up: two used Numark 1650 direct drive TTs and an AWFUL Monoprice mixer.But in upgrading from these to a pair of Technics headshells, I noticed a SIGNIFICANT difference in the signal-to-noise ratio. Even changing wires on the ADJ headshells didn't improve the noise the way changing the headshells did. The quality of the material that the headshell is made of is also not as heavy and sturdy-feeling as the Technics headshells. Not only that, but these get damaged really easily. The little metal peg on the connector end that plugs into the tonearm got damaged very very easily, and I had to bend it back into place with a pair of pliers.If you're like me, and only just getting into vinyl DJing, this is a good place to start. But after about a year of use, it was clearly time for me to upgrade. And the sound quality and weight difference is pretty significant.

Leve, bem acabado e já com os cabinhos, é uma ótima aquisição.

Se monto con una capsula ortofon reloop, trae los cables para el montaje, es de buena calidad y se monta perfecto a las technics 1200.

Quality headshell fits my Technics SL-1700 tonearm perfectly snug and solid. My Audio-Technica AT-VM95C cartridge installed with no issues and proper setup was a breeze!

Very good product. Landing price at my home in India becomes costly (almost double the base price) as the item is imported from US. I don't understand why amazon charges import / customs duty for such low priced items. There must be a monetary ceiling upto which one can import goods from foreign for personal use without paying customs duty. Besides that, amazon has made the entire process of importing very smooth and hassle free. Delivery by Aramex was excellent too.Thanks

The four wires were not securely attached to the pins in the headshell so had to be removed, tightened slightly and fully pushed on to make good contact. I also found that the insulating sleeves were loose and rattled in use, causing a low-level, buzzy distortion! I just took them off as they are superfluous when the terminals are firmly connected. Apart from that, I like the long mounting screw slots that allow accurate stylus alignment and the soft spacer for the socket on the tone arm.