I'm a newbie so don't flame me too much!!! I just got my Technics 1200 M3D tables and I'm just wondering what the headshell is for?? Can I just buy a needle to stick on the headshell?? Or do I still need a catridge and needle??

allright heres what you do you go get a box, your put all the stuff you bought in side of it along with your lifes saveings, close the box and on the box put profeito mendes de morise 1401 apt 401 and pay fed ex to deliver it, ill fix it right up and give it back to you


no seriosly youll have to talk to someone else as i stil need to get my vinil deck sorry, (if you really want you can follow the first step )

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Originally posted by DJ Mil0 allright heres what you do you go get a box, your put all the stuff you bought in side of it along with your lifes saveings, close the box and on the box put profeito mendes de morise 1401 apt 401 and pay fed ex to deliver it, ill fix it right up and give it back to you no seriosly youll have to talk to someone else as i stil need to get my vinil deck sorry, (if you really want you can follow the first step )

heh that's alright, my DJ friends are all out and can't be contacted at the moment. Or else I would ask them. But seriously can anyone help me out for the meantime??

I'm getting the same tables soon, so I'd like to know as well.

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Well with the hardshell you have to attach a cartridge to it as a needle and a hardshell won't work alone. Has to be the hardshell and the cart connected to it then you push the needle into the cartrdige depending on what kind you have. Then there are OTHER types of cartridges that have needles already on them and for those kinds you don't even need to use the headshell, just screws right onto the tonearm.

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Originally posted by Dieselstyles I'm a newbie so don't flame me too much!!! I just got my Technics 1200 M3D tables and I'm just wondering what the headshell is for?? Can I just buy a needle to stick on the headshell?? Or do I still need a catridge and needle??

yes you need the headshell if you are going to buy a cartridge (the thing that holds the stylus) and a stylus (which comes with the headshell and plays the record also known as the needle). there are four small cables which connect the headshell to the cartridge which is is screwed into the headshell.

you can dump the headshell and cartridge all together and buy an ortofon or stanton trackmaster (these are the most well known) cartridge and needles. these things will screw into the same place (the tonearm) that your headshell screws into. the ortofon is probably the best needle/stylus that you will come across but they are quite pricey.

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Originally posted by Coup Vlad wins. Flawless victory.

I'm getting 2 stanton 505II carts and 2 Shure WhiteLabel carts. stantons for friends using, whitelabels for my using, and stantons for my practices. So for the whitelabels, I'm guessing I'll have to remove the headshells from the technics and use the shures. and for the stantons, the headshells stay on.

You will pretty much know if u need a Headshell for the type of needle that your purchasing. If the back of the stylus/cartridge has 4 little pieces coming out of it w/ 4 colors (red blue yellow green) then u need the headshell. If the needle/cartridge your buying is long and has a circle on the end (that fits the tonearm on your turntable)....then u dont need the headshell. Its pretty seld explanatory once you have a good look at your equipment!

Laterz,

Shook