New Cartridge Recommendations For My DVS/Vinyl Set Up?

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New Cartridge Recommendations For My DVS/Vinyl Set Up?

Hey DJTT! :slight_smile:

So I’m in the market to replace the crappy cartridges that came with my TT’s that I bought recently. I’ve been reading and researching on DJTT, and online for weeks, looking for advice on buying some good decent cartridges. The thing is the more I read, the more I get confused as to what to choose. I know that most people recommend the M447’s and also the Concords, and White labels, and many others in between.

I will mostly be playing with DVS, maybe the occasional vinyl, so I don’t think that I really need $200-300 cartridges right? So what would you recommend as a good decent quality sounding cartridges at an affordable price? I would say that my budget is around the $100-150, if this is possible?

Thanks guys! :slight_smile:

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I got the Ortofon Concorde Electro’s and Scratches.

They are both really sick!

I dont have MUCH experience with others, but these do the job nicely.

I had the Stanton ScratchMaster V3’s before and they were also pretty sweet!

The Ortofon’s are not too expensive either.

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I got the Ortofon Concorde Electro’s and Scratches.

They are both really sick!

I dont have MUCH experience with others, but these do the job nicely.

I had the Stanton ScratchMaster V3’s before and they were also pretty sweet!

The Ortofon’s are not too expensive either.

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Thanks for your suggestions bru, I’ll check them out.

Also just to add, I mostly play EDM, and I don’t scratch if thats any help. Just looking for some good quality reasonably priced cartridges. :slight_smile:

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If you aren’t scratching you’d probably be better off with an elliptical stylus for more accurate tracking. Maybe even consider a hi-fi cartridge.

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Ortofon Electro?

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225 for a pair :open_mouth:ooo

How important is it the tracking in DVS anyways? I don’t really know, I figured it was mostly based on a good consistent table. I feel like you could get by with a basic pair of Ortofon Omegas or Shure 78s.

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Well I’ve heard that a spherical stylus is better as it will cause less wear and tear, but still producing a good full sound?

Dude I checked those out and they way over my budget hey. I was looking at the Concorde Pro S, or something similar. Unfortunately they a bit too expensive.

I had heard that if you playing with DVS, then it doesn’t really make a big difference what cartridge you have. Is that true?

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Spherical is more durable because it doesn’t fit as well in the grooves. It’s not really causing wear and tear on the vinyl. Vinyl is cheap anyways.

DJs usually get spherical so the stylus doesn’t get thrashed by the scratching. If you’re not scratching, I’d get an elliptical.

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What?

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White labels all the way. I use them for vinyl, timecode and scratching, and they have never let me down. In 2 years I’ve only needed to change the needles once, on one cart because I scratched it straight into one of my marking stickers and mangled it. Solid carts, and they look pretty too.

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He’s using DVS. He doesn’t need mountains of vinyl.

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Shure M44-7 is the way to go, M35 if you want cheaper. Since your just using dvs it doesn’t matter much, you can even get Stanton 500A or whatever and save a boatload of money. Ortofons are overpriced in my opinion but a lot of people swear by them

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I’ve been looking at the M447’s with the Technics head shell attachment, and maybe the Trackmaster 3..

I don’t know anymore…there’s so many options on the market.

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Honestly, you really can’t go wrong since you’re just using DVS and not scratching.

I’d go with the cheapest.

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Yeah thats what I was thinking, but in that price range does anything come to mind?

I looked at the M447’s price, and with a head shell it will come up to around $200 for a pair. Thats over my budget. If i could must find some decent good sounding cartridges for under $200 a pair I would be happy. Well I’ll keep looking. :slight_smile:

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Uh what… 200 dollars? Why do you need a new headshell?

They should only cost 50 dollars each.

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In loved my white labels… But when I started back I choose m447

It is the most versatile cart and you can play and scratch most genres with it

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Cos I don’t have a headshell? If i choose to go for the M447’s I will need to buy the whole thing.

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Wat o.o You don’t have headshells on your Technics? What cartridge do you have on your Technics?

You can get two headshells for ~20 bucks. Get American DJ headshells if possible. They’re very similar to Technics headshells.