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Chris B
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 Posted - 2006/05/18 : 21:15:00
right folks after a good innings i've noticed my needles not holding as well as they should so is time they get replaced.
used stanton 500's before and have to say they've lasted well, other people have said there not the best though.
i'd rather pay extra and get good equipment but dont really no whats my best bet, looking for suggestions.
i dont scratch at minute but am looking to learn in near future, what would you recommend?
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Mortis
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Posted - 2006/05/18 : 21:19:16
I'm not the biggest fan of the Stanton headshells & carts. I find they jump out of the record grooves to much. Couldn't recomend you any better atm, I'm using Stanton myself and I stupidly gave away my concorde one....
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Chris B
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Posted - 2006/05/18 : 21:45:49
aye i've found that myself am wanting to change tbh, just not too sure what.
my mate who's a wkd dj can still scratch with my stantons but most other people just find it skips too much.
think i'll need something better, i'll have a look at whats on offer.
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clarke101
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Posted - 2006/05/18 : 23:14:54
Ortofon om's are really good about 5 or 6 different ones to choose from.
Prices start at £20 each i think.
Mr k will tell you to avoid Concordes as they have been known to damage arms.
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Chris B
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Posted - 2006/05/18 : 23:46:03
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Originally posted by clarke101:
Ortofon om's are really good about 5 or 6 different ones to choose from.
Prices start at £20 each i think.
Mr k will tell you to avoid Concordes as they have been known to damage arms.
hmmmm wel i defo dont want that to happen, thanks a lot clarke i'll look into them
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Brian K
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Posted - 2006/05/19 : 01:51:32
I'd recommend getting a pair of OMs, I like the qbert ones myself 
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Posted - 2006/05/19 : 10:10:30
I use a pair of Ortofon concordes. Must admit everyone uses them round here and I've never heard of them damaging anyones arm...
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clarke101
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Posted - 2006/05/19 : 13:04:19
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I use a pair of Ortofon concordes. Must admit everyone uses them round here and I've never heard of them damaging anyones arm...
I havent either but im more than willing to heed mr k's advice and om's are cheaper.
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Posted - 2006/05/19 : 13:07:06
Yeah that's fair enough. I didn't even pay for mine though, my brother gave them to me on my 21st :)
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Brian K
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Posted - 2006/05/19 : 18:53:48
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I use a pair of Ortofon concordes. Must admit everyone uses them round here and I've never heard of them damaging anyones arm...
it's not extremely common but it does happen, concords weren't designed to be used on technics
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bulby_g
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Posted - 2006/05/21 : 23:14:14
I have Technics as well... Oh well I'll take my chances can't be wasting something so expensive.
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Jax
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Posted - 2006/05/21 : 23:16:47
out of interest, what turntables were they designed for and how do they damage the technics tone arm?
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lucificifus
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Posted - 2006/05/22 : 04:54:25
Using Stanton DiscMaster I's
No probs with needle jumping, but I am on Vestax PDX-2000's, so I don't know if its superior engineering or what :)
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Brian K
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Posted - 2006/05/22 : 08:23:04
concords are designed for straight arms, they can damage the connection pins inside the tonearm...also they are pretty light and if you lift them up too quickly they can wind up hitting something...let's just say there isn't a whole lot of protection on the needle =P
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Mortis
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Posted - 2006/05/22 : 10:24:35
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let's just say there isn't a whole lot of protection on the needle =P
Thats true, but I find headshells like the Stanton one I use has the wires exposed underneath the shell, for some reasom this makes them have a humming sound & cut out one speaker channel from ttime to time. It's really annoying when your halfway through a mix and you have to stop and try and twist turn the cart just to get your speaker back 
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