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Posted by Spuds6s on May-28-2004 03:49:

Low wear cartridges

right now im using shure m35x carts for practice. I like them because theyre really low impact on my vinyl. Anyone know of any other really low wear carts, preferably integrated ones?

Posted by dartman on May-28-2004 04:08:

i have shure M44Gs, they're really easy on my records. as for integrated carts i'm thinking maybe shure whitelabels. i've never used them but from what i hear you can run really low tracking force on them.

Posted by T:REBEL on May-28-2004 04:14:

Ortofon Pro Black...

Posted by Wildfir3 on May-28-2004 05:47:

Any elliptical needle i suppose

Posted by dj chex on May-28-2004 07:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Wildfir3
Any elliptical needle i suppose

Actually, Ellipitical styli are harder on vinyl than spherical. Even though the book "How to DJ Right" says spherical are harder on vinyl that's totally the opposite and wrong.

Check out shure m44-g for mixing or m44-7 for scratching. Both are very easy on vinyl. As for whitelabels, they seem very simular to your m35x when it comes to cue-burn.

Posted by Wildfir3 on May-28-2004 08:38:

makes no sense to me, explain what i'm doing wrong.

Spherical needle = small contact surface = all the pressure on a small surface = hard for the records

Elliptical needle = larger contact surface = pressure over a larger area (so less pressure) = better for the records

Posted by dukes on May-28-2004 10:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Wildfir3
makes no sense to me, explain what i'm doing wrong.

Spherical needle = small contact surface = all the pressure on a small surface = hard for the records

Elliptical needle = larger contact surface = pressure over a larger area (so less pressure) = better for the records

i would tend to agree with that. ive been wanting nice pics like to use in explaining it too.

Posted by dj chex on May-28-2004 14:57:

my bad. did some more research on the subject and i admit im wrong...

Posted by Wildfir3 on May-28-2004 20:15:

HAHAHAHAHAAH I WAS RIGHT AND YOU WERE WRONG HAHAHAHAHAHA I WIN SUCKER HAHAHAHA

j/k ofcourse