It's been asked a billion times, but.. carts

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Posted by Omega_Blue on Jul-23-2008 23:54:

It's been asked a billion times, but.. carts

long story slightly shortened- borrowed my carts to an "acquaintance" that used to book me every week, bookings stopped, never got carts back. called on numerous occasions, no answer. looking for new ones.

what are you guys using nowadays? willing to drop around $150, and i'd like them for the purposes of mixing and ripping vinyl, no scratching.

much appreciated

Posted by DJ RANN on Jul-24-2008 00:21:

Re: It's been asked a billion times, but.. carts

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
long story slightly shortened- borrowed my carts to an "acquaintance" that used to book me every week, bookings stopped, never got carts back. called on numerous occasions, no answer. looking for new ones.

what are you guys using nowadays? willing to drop around $150, and i'd like them for the purposes of mixing and ripping vinyl, no scratching.

much appreciated

For me, the best are ortofon nightclub e. Sound simply amazing, track well with not much pressure(good for yer vinyl) and have taken a kicking while still going strong.

Posted by DjWoody on Jul-24-2008 00:25:

Ortofon's are NICE, but you're not gonna get a new pair for $150. For your budget, I recommend the Shure M447. They SICK!!!!

Posted by DJ RANN on Jul-24-2008 00:30:

quote:
Originally posted by DjWoody
Ortofon's are NICE, but you're not gonna get a new pair for $150. For your budget, I recommend the Shure M447. They SICK!!!!

True, but you can get a twin pack of the ortofon pro s. Then when the stylus is finally worn out, buy the nightclub e stylus. The bodies are identical in every way!!!

Posted by Omega_Blue on Jul-24-2008 00:31:

i mean, i'm willing to shell out a little more if the sound quality is THAT much better.

btw, i had ortofon concordes before and thought they were dogshit.

Posted by DJ RANN on Jul-24-2008 00:42:

quote:
Originally posted by Omega_Blue
btw, i had ortofon concordes before and thought they were dogshit.

Then you need to have an ear exam

Seriously though, I had Stantons, and sure's and neither of them came close to ortofons. The trackmasters are good but tear the shit out of your records.

Posted by DjWoody on Jul-24-2008 01:18:

Ortofon's are awesome. The problem with Ortofon's is that if the grip/handle brakes, you have to buy a whole new cartridge to replace it. That's another $100+. And trust me, they brake easy!!! I've seen them brake off in the middle of DJ Sets. Not good. With the Shure's, they're headshell mounted. Which means, if the headshell breaks, you just replace the headshell. That only costs about $20.

Here's my personal choice in order...

1.- Ortofon DigiTrack... These are by far the best needles for any DVS system such as Serato!

2.- Shure TT-M47... There's a reason why these needles are pretty much the industry standard. They don't skip, they sound good, and are affordble.

3.- Ortofon Club Series.... These are the black ones with the yellow tip. They're workhorses. I owned a pair back in the hay day and they kick ass.

Posted by MACBOOK69 on Jul-24-2008 01:29:

I just got a pair of ortofon and digitracks and they sound amazing. the tracking on them in traktor is massive

Posted by i got big pants on Jul-24-2008 02:09:

i really love my shure whitelabels...nice warm sound to things

Posted by jpgrdnr on Jul-24-2008 03:22:

^^ I have a pair of Shure Whitelabels as well. Great carts, replaceable needles. Expensive (200$ for a pair?), but worth it. Great for 45s, old records, whatever.

Not made for scratching.

Posted by skip on Jul-24-2008 07:35:

grado dj200i if you care about sound quality. not for scratching though as they don't really track that well.

Posted by wesleysnipez on Jul-24-2008 08:19:

In my turntables parts box I have few different types to play with. Because I can't make up mind what one to use half the time.

Shure TT-M47
OrtofonPro
Ortofon Concorde nightclub MKII
Ortofon Concorde Nightclub E MKII
Ortofon Concorde NightClub S
Ortofon DigiTrack

But usually end up using Concorde Nightclub E MKII most of the time.

Next ones I going try out soon is Ortofon Concorde Elektro and Ortofon Concorde DJ S and Ortofon Concorde DJ E when I get em by UPS next week. Used my government stimulus check to get em Currently have 3 Ortofon Cartridge Cases and one case felt lonely with none in there so thats why going get 3 above to fill it up and test em out.

Posted by Freak on Jul-24-2008 09:40:

Ortofon Nightclub 'S' and Dj 'S'.

The carts are identical throughout the range apart from colour, but there are slight differences between the stylus models...

Posted by wesleysnipez on Jul-25-2008 01:15:

Good I drop DJ S then and will pick up some thing different so change it to Numark Carl Cox signature series. Because I just placed order last night and order wasn't processed yet because it was verifying my card.

Posted by Allied Nations on Jul-26-2008 14:45:

shur m47G

the non "g" is the turntablist needle, the G is bit smoother freq response i believe, but slightly less beefy than the 47, which is a scratch cart

Posted by Dojomaster26 on Jan-04-2009 02:19:

THREAD NECROMANCY!

So... I got my hands on a Technics 1200, so now I want to get a pair of good carts for it and my other table. Does the recommendation of the Ortofon Nightclub carts still hold up 6 months later? Is there a budget option that is comparable in quality, since I really don't want to spin vinyl, but record tracks off of my records onto my PC?

There are SO many options...

Posted by skip on Jan-04-2009 09:27:

quote:
Originally posted by Dojomaster26
THREAD NECROMANCY!

So... I got my hands on a Technics 1200, so now I want to get a pair of good carts for it and my other table. Does the recommendation of the Ortofon Nightclub carts still hold up 6 months later? Is there a budget option that is comparable in quality, since I really don't want to spin vinyl, but record tracks off of my records onto my PC?

There are SO many options...

get a hifi cart for that. much better sound quality for the same money.

Posted by Tony Morello on Jan-04-2009 10:45:

quote:
Originally posted by jpgrdnr
^^ I have a pair of Shure Whitelabels as well. Great carts, replaceable needles. Expensive (200$ for a pair?), but worth it. Great for 45s, old records, whatever.

Not made for scratching.

+1

only shure whitelabels touch my whitelabels

Posted by Adam420 on Jan-04-2009 18:32:

Do you guys think I would be able to sell an old (but brand new) Shure SC35C cartridge? I also have a sleeve foe it.

Posted by boris_the_bear on Jan-06-2009 15:35:

I had to take the same decision...

absolutely love em. the sound is great and the tracking force is very low

the appearance is not very appealing, I know

Posted by Dojomaster26 on Jan-06-2009 21:57:

Looks aren't important. They just have to sound good.

Are there any particular hi-fi carts that ya'll like?