A cartridge trade-in and exchange program lets you offset the cost of a new or rebuilt phono cartridge by sending your worn one back, instead of starting from zero. The cartridge is the one part of your turntable that genuinely wears out, so when yours is spent, trading it in beats paying full price to hear your records again.
The programs run two ways. Rega rebuilds worn cartridges at its UK factory, so you send yours in and a factory-renewed unit of the same model ships back for less than new. Dynavector, Hana, Michell, and Grado send a brand-new cartridge of the same model at a trade-in price, not a retip or a rebuild. Find your brand below to see which cartridges qualify.
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