A phono cartridge has the difficult job of turning the tiny movements of a stylus in a record groove into the electrical signal that becomes music. How it does that, and how well it matches the tonearm and phono stage around it can have a profound effect on what you hear.

Backbeat Audio offers a carefully selected range of moving-coil and moving-permalloy cartridges from Benz Micro, EMT, and Nagaoka,. They span accessible upgrades through reference-level designs, with different approaches to output and musical presentation.

We can help choose the right cartridge for your turntable and system, then install and align it for proper performance.