I need some advice from the turntable experts. I recently moved to an apartment. One of the pluses to it is that I'll finally have room to use my turntable. I started playing with it yesterday, and noticed that the stylus has been bent 90 degrees. Here is a fuzzy picture (had to use a flashlight) but the blurry shiny thing going to the right is the stylus.
This happened because the large nut that holds the tonearm had come lose and the entire arm slewed during the move.
The cartridge is a Reson Reca, which is basically a modified Goldring 1042.
I'm wondering how to fix this. Is this just a stylus problem, or do you think that it damaged the cartridge too? Can I just try to bend the stylus straight again? Can I fix it by replacing the stylus? Should I find a local turntable expert and have that person look at it and try to fix it?
Damn this is a bit frustrating. I thought that I would finally be getting back into analog. Oh well, I've already waited 11 years, I can wait another couple of weeks.
Thanks for your help and advice.
Cheers,
-ken