I'm sorry to do this, question about needles

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Posted by Bear4569 on Jun-20-2002 13:48:

I'm sorry to do this, question about needles

So the time has come and I have to buy new needles, I was borrowing a set from a friend and he moved back home, so now I'm out needles. Imagine, you technics sitting there saying "play me" and you have no needles to play with, and not alot of money to buy new ones, wouldn't that suck? Well I can tell ya first hand what it feels like So anyway, I tried searchin around TA for info on needles and what not and didn't find much, so I'm wonderin if somebody or everybody would give me like a range of needles startin with inexpensive but good, to not too expensive but good, if that makes sense Basically I'm lookin for inexpensive but good needles. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Peace

Posted by mantisnl on Jun-20-2002 14:01:

Stanton 500 AL MK II.. allmost every new TT is equipped with those..

Posted by DJ Chrono on Jun-20-2002 15:00:

I advise against getting the 500's... I have them, and I have the Stanton Diskmasters.. and the 500's lack sound quality and tracking.

The bass and strings and stuff from the 500's sound alittle "buzzy" when their not supposed to. and they dont hold the groove that well.

personally, the next needles Im getting are the Stanton Trackmaster RS's. these beauties are perfect.. a little pricey, but worth the money.

if u want a little cheaper, but still very good, i recommend the diskmasters.

Posted by Dj Thy on Jun-20-2002 15:29:

You could go for Shure needles. Most of their needles are pretty cheap and still good.
I'm thinking about the M35x or even the M44-G (more for scratching but still very good).

In my opinion you can't get better than Ortofon (but that's a personal choice, I only like the 680HP from Stanton). Even their cheapest kicks most of their concurrence a$$.
If you can't afford the P-mount (integrated headshell) types, you could still go for the OM versions. The pro is a great starter needle.

Posted by MERiDiAN5i2 on Jun-20-2002 16:53:

Shure M44G's... you can get a SET of M44G carts for about $100 on the net, they sound quite good and track very nicely!

-mer

Posted by Tony Morello on Jun-20-2002 19:01:

Shure m447

Posted by DJ TranceFormer on Jun-21-2002 07:51:

get the cheapest ortofons and then buy a good styli (nightclubbing for exmple). This is the best thing about ortofon, that all of the difference is in the stylus, the cartridges are the same...

Posted by Bear4569 on Jun-21-2002 11:44:

Thank You

Thank you so much guys, you guys have always been a great help with any question I have to ask. I always feel bad postin something that has already been asked, and I always do a search for it but I can never find the information that I'm looking for. So thank you guys again.

Take it easy

Bear

Posted by trancearmada on Jun-21-2002 18:36:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Thy
concurrence a$$.

I think you mean to say "Competition's ASS"

Posted by Dj Thy on Jun-21-2002 18:43:

Aaim sorry, inglisch isnt maai main langwidge. So I'm prone to make some translation mistakes

Posted by trancearmada on Jun-21-2002 18:54:

no problem, the only reason I understood what you were trying to say was because "competition" in Russian is also called "Concurencia"!

Posted by Bear4569 on Jun-27-2002 04:29:

I think I found some but need an opinion

so I went to my local pro aduio shop and checked out some needles and I think I'm goin to go with the ortofon Concorde DJ E Set Cartridge with Extra Stylus. What do you guys think, will I be happy with them or should I go with something else ? and this may sound like a stupid question but, they will work on my technics mk3d's right ?
Anyway let me know what you guys think