Do you think I should get stanton groovemasters or orfoton concordes. I think there's nothing between them and they look virtually identical, and have similar specs.
Opinions please

Thanx
Luke

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which orfotons, the blue 1s?

Not the blue they dont worth the price. Take the scratch (red) or Nightclub-S (Black/Yellow). I have these for 6 years now and no problems, never changed. These are the best.

Buy the Ortofon Concorde Pro's, ya know the black ones, and just upgrade the tips. All Ortofons are the same, the only difference are the quality of the tips and the paintjob ortofon gives the carts. No point in buying the expensive ones off hand. But you cant beat the sound quality of Ortofons. Fu@king love 'em!!
Kev

Looks like the consensus is to get the ortofons.

An alternative to the concordes would be getting the OM version, it's the exact same thing except it attaches to the headshell, they are also cheaper.

cheers dudes, been a while since i checked this thread, i got my new decks a few weeks back, blue orfoton concordes with new spherical stylus'. Thanks for all your help!

How many times has dj liquid pointed to his orfotons!!! but yea i like the stanton ones, but i don't think i could go for them when the quality and sound of the orfotons are there

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I'm currently using the needles that came with my Technics set and been using them for a few months now. These are Stanton 500AL II. Someone I spoke to recommend me to save up my money and upgrade them to ortonfon ASAP as these needles actually burn rcords.. Is that true? If yes I've got my eyes set on the Ortofon pro Silver .. they're real beauty. costs almost 90 quids for a pair. What do you all reckon?

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Originally posted by Narcissus I'm currently using the needles that came with my Technics set and been using them for a few months now. These are Stanton 500AL II. Someone I spoke to recommend me to save up my money and upgrade them to ortonfon ASAP as these needles actually burn rcords.. Is that true? If yes I've got my eyes set on the Ortofon pro Silver .. they're real beauty. costs almost 90 quids for a pair. What do you all reckon?

just get them, they are gr8

Last edited by boy_luke_y2k on Oct-14-2001 at 16:50

Don't get them, they're not gr8.

They are identical in every way to the standard Concorde Pro (i.e. the black ones), they've just been given a nicer paint job, and hence they can get away with charging twice as much for them.

My advice would be to buy the black version, and buy replacement styli for Nighclub E or something high-end like that. All ortofon carts are identical apart from colour, it's the styli that are different.

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Originally posted by DJTJ Don't get them, they're not gr8. They are identical in every way to the standard Concorde Pro (i.e. the black ones), they've just been given a nicer paint job, and hence they can get away with charging twice as much for them. My advice would be to buy the black version, and buy replacement styli for Nighclub E or something high-end like that. All ortofon carts are identical apart from colour, it's the styli that are different.

apparently the stylus specs are right like the blue ones, but a better lower frequency pickup, i think they are okay if you are just starting or upgrading to orfotons, as all the sound quality is good, spherical ones wear out vinyl quicker than elliptical ones though.