Sounds wonderful. Surprising. Even with that heavy arm.

Nice work, Oliver. I have a type A Mark II as well. Mine is the darker metal, but everything looks to be the same, right down to the mechanisms. Like another poster mentioned, VM Audio Enthusiasts are a good source for the idler wheels. They do require you trade in your old idler wheel. As far as a cartridge, I had mine outfitted with an Ortofon Red. The headshell sits lower to the record, lower than what yours seems to be riding at. Sounds great though.

I owned something similar decades ago long before CDs arrived. It was a unit that was a slightly lower level product to the Garrard transciption turntables 301 and later 401 favoured by broadcasting concerns and dyed-in-the-wool fans of Hi-Fi "separates".

I see this was 3 years ago but if you still have this and are still looking VM Audio Enthusiasts can help you out with that idler wheel. I have purchased a couple from them for my Garrard Type A turntables.

Can you upload a video detailed for the wiring setup ? The grey wire the green ground wire and the brown wire ? What goes where ? I have a EICO ST 40 how do i connect it all

Do they use a específico needle