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Originally posted by trancinchink oh yea... also. the whitelabels have a guard aroudn the needles... and i can honestly say that it has saved me tons of times from messin up my needle. if i accidently knock it off and it hits agains the platter.... the stylus stays untouched.

how exactly does it prevent the stylus from touching the platter/turntable if you knock it over? if the guards are lower than the stylus, they would touch the vinyl too.. right?

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Ortofons have that protection too you know, the stylus doesn't touch the platter when accidentaly knocked over.

How does it prevent from touching? Well, keep in mind that if you place your stylus on the record, you place it perpendicularly on it. The platter is angled. So it's designed that way that if the platter hits the cartridge, there's enough spacing provided for the stylus just not to hit the platter.

I think its because the whitelabels are much bulkier and have more width so that the stylus doesn't touch the platter. I've already knocked my DJ S accidentally a few times and it touches the side of the platter

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Yes but not the stylus. Tested and approved by myself.

There is no protection. Although i've dropped my whitelabels a few times on the side of the platter (on the dots), they're still going strong! Amazing, i thought i had to spend 30 euro on a new one after dropping it.

hahaha i second that, my friend had some real BAD skating issues with his tech, and i did it about 3-4 times and 10 gigs later its still good.
I tried white labels...its too hard to drop the needle, its so big. LOL, But if im scratch i alwas keep a pair of the trusty M447s :-D

i got guitarcenter to pricematch to etronics for a whitelabel

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Originally posted by borron There is no protection. Although i've dropped my whitelabels a few times on the side of the platter (on the dots), they're still going strong! Amazing, i thought i had to spend 30 euro on a new one after dropping it.

hehe, yeah. i dropped it on the platter on the second record i was spinnig after getting my new DJ S Ortofon's.

I was like wtf, was sure i had fucked them up just after 5min of spinning!! but i didn't notice any sound quality loss afterwards.
But i'm sure the needle did hit the platter (and jumped a few time) guess they are damn strong..

Naw if the needle touch the dot.. you will be fucked... just be happy its still workin

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Figured I'd just ask this here rather than starting a new thread:

I'd like to get a pair of shure M447's since they're cheaper than the higher-end cartridges but I'm looking through some older threads and a lot of people are saying they really wear out the record. For those who own them, is this true? I've heard they got good sound quality and hold the groove well but I obviously don't want my records being worn out.

Well those are turtablist needles and i'm guessing it really depends on the amount of tracking force and how you set it up.

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Originally posted by cryo i got guitarcenter to pricematch to etronics for a whitelabel

whoa what happened. etronics raised their price back up to 90? I could swore they were offereing it for 80 each

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