On ceramic cartridges the most common failures as mentioned above are that the flexible elements in the cartridge will harden.
Ceramic cartridge going stiff.
Wide spread faucets are common.
The brass and rubber can no longer fit properly into the hole in the cartridge cylinder and it can leak.
Plus you would need to preamplify the cartridge and cobble something to remove weight from the tone arm.
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Because internal ceramic plates move to control the water flow not exterior o rings and the unit must be replaced.
Other times there is a rubber brass or ceramic seat in the bottom of the cartridge opening which is actually forming the seal.
Compression faucets use o rings to create a watertight seal inside the faucet.
As you twist the faucet s handles the turning of the valve stem increases or decreases the flow of water through the faucet.
No modification to the actual circuitry is needed.
These consist of the mounts for the ceramic reeds and especially the bridge which transmits vibrations from the cantilever to the reeds.
Ceramic cartridges are designed for a 3 10g weight as opposed to the older types working under pressure at 28g ouch.
I posted a simple preamplifier using a single transistor.
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It s true that ceramics have a higher output and will follow roughly the riaa curve but it s also true that they really need a high impedance input which is likely on a valve tube amp but unlikely on a solid state auxiliary input.