Cart! Stylus and head shell upgrade

Cart! Stylus and head shell upgrade

I’m putting the old Technics 1200s in the shop for the first time as i’m getting very shitty performance to say the least with my vinyl control, time for cleaning , recalibration and maintenance.

Looking at getting the RCAs rewired and the ground wire fitted inside the RCA, taking the centre click out and maybe the blue LEDs, not going all out but they should come out pretty fresh, as i’ve kept them in pretty good nick.

Now want to upgrade cart and stylus, wish NI would’ve come out with a partnership with Craze or someone, but i’m guessing they’re too busy with the F1.

Looking at getting… Gasp…

Serato Concorde’s 1-120s?

What’s everyone else using at the moment?

Sure M44-7s here mate.

They got recommended to me on here & DJForums and I cant complain. Ive never needed another cartridge, theyre great!

Ortofon Concord Pro Ss here. Also can’t complain, they work great.

M44s.

M447s.

m-447s.

Ortofon Concorde pro´s here. Mine are a bit knackerd though, got them when i bought my TTS so they have some miles on them. Thinking about changing to m447s though. To see what all the fuzz is about ^^

74M-4s.

M44-7’s here, there is a reason why everyone has them. they are epic

Ortofon Concorde Digitracks, love 'em, they look sexy, and perform great, although overpriced and more of a ‘luxury item’. the M447s work great if you dont want to spend the extra cash on the Ortofons

Don’t mind spending the extra $, it’s definitely a split between the two

another quick question here,

i’m about to buy another ortofon concorde cart since the old stanton AL500ii which comes together with my 1st deck has been busted in one channel…the other deck has an ortofon concorde gold cart which i bought used (new price is just insane)

i’m liking the concorde style stylus, hence i’m looking at Pro S which is the cheapest among all. it will not be uniform to my other deck, but is there any significant sound/loudness different since i’m using the same brand? still pretty noob in this cartridge business…many thanks in advance!

Using Shure Whitelabels. Sound great and are good for scratching with my Str8 150’s.

which one did you use?

sure m44-7’s. The white ones.

I think theyre in need of replacing now though, vinyl isnt sounding so good. Theyve lasted a good 2 years though!

^ nice

well i just ordered Ortofon Concorde Pro S since it’s pretty foolproof (did not have the gauge at all)…lot’s of people use them & i believe the loudness will be the same with the other Concord Gold i have on the other deck..

M44-7 mounted with the original Technics headshell. Match made perfect! :slight_smile:

I use either Stanton Trackmaster.V3 or Shure Whitelabel cartridges on my Stanton ST.150 turntables. Both track well for the scratching and beat juggling I do. However, I am not a diehard turntablist and mostly focus on mixing.