record player question

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work for a small college radio station, and we need to get new cartridges for our studio turntables as well as the travelling pair we use for DJ gigs. I think we'll get the Shure M447 for the travelling pair, as they seem the most durable. I play hip hop, so this would be my choice for the studio pair also. However, many people use the turntables for other types of music. I'm wondering, what is a good cartridge that allows for scratching but good sound reproduction for a wide variety of music? any help would be greatly appreciated. also, any suggestions for cheap sources of said cartridges?

― looj (looj), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

get lots of cheap ones and change them a lot.

hereyago: www.needledoctor.com

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Ortofon have good tracking whilst being quite light.

― Ed (dali), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

how rude of me: http://www.needledoctor.com/

― scott seward (scott seward), Friday, 8 April 2005 18:16 (twenty years ago)

how often are you meant to change needles anyway?

― DV (dirtyvicar), Friday, 8 April 2005 20:59 (twenty years ago)

I used to hear everything 800 hours. Maybe every 600 to 800 hours?

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

"every"

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

change them when they need it, depending on the usage (which I am somewhat unsure of), we just need something somewhat durable (able to handle stupid college kids who have no respect for anything) and have good sound reproduction over a wide frequency spectrum. i'll be scratching and mixing (to the extent that I can) but most others will just be playing old album cuts and whatnot, though we don't have the largest record collection

― looj (looj), Friday, 8 April 2005 21:50 (twenty years ago)

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