But like I said, all the carts (not the stys) are identical, so why not just buy the black pro carts (cheapest) and buy some Nightclub E (top of the range, elliptical) styli?

Well,
I just checked the prices at HTFR. The concorde pro cartridges costs 45 quids each and the silver costs 50 quids each. Both of these comes with their stylus. Apparently you can get the pair of silver ones for 89 quids! I don't understand why you said the black ones cost half the pice? I might be looking up the wrong one as I'm not at all experienced with this stuffs. More guide into this will be appreciated. Cheers.

ps:- what are the nightclub E stylus anyway? Can't find any in the page.. and how long would these styli last for? I'm willing to pay a little higher as if it would be a one time investment but doesn't neccessary have t be some luxury needles... just something for the bedroom that will be good to my records..

Well, maybe not twice as much, but you know what I mean

But seriously though, the silver ones and the black ones are identical apart from the colour.

The Nightclub E are available from www.directdistributionsales.com and are priced at £143.24 per pair. This is compared to the £90 for two Pro versions. However, you can pay your £90 for the pro's, and then buy your Nightclub E replacement styli from the above site for £81.78 equalling £171.78. This means you have a spare set of pro styli that only cost you £28 that you can use for maybe practising at home, or learning to scratch with so you don't destroy your Nightclubs for when you play out or something.

And to boy_luke_2k, I have the black pro's, and on the spec sheet inside the box it gives you the specs for both the black pro's and the silver pro's, and they are identical. Check the ortofon website ( www.ortofon.com ) and it gives you all the specs for their styli on there.

I go along with DJTJ, about buying the more inexpensive carts and hittin up the nightclub stylii. I personally have trackmasterII's and they do just fine for what i do (frat/houseparties) but if your lookin' for top of the line shizzle...do the cheaper carts, and more expensive stylii.

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Hey Narcissus
There are different *3 i believe* types of the black concorde cartridges. There are pro's...pro S ...and pro SS i believe...dont hold me to it, but check around!

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I would be very surprised if there are 3 types. The "S" just stands for spherical, and obviously "E" stands for elliptical, and as far as I'm aware the pro's only come in spherical anyway. I think the full title of them is Pro S, some people don't bother putting the S on because they're all spherical anyway. Perhaps there is a Pro SS or something, denoting the Silver edition, but that's a guess.