Best cartridge to play dubstep?

kate_ · Post by **kate_** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:10 pm

concorde nightclub e's all the way here. True, I have "sunken a mount pin" (screwed em in too tight and ruined the cartridge) as Parson describes, and that sucks. They still have my favorite feel and sound.

alex deadman · Post by **alex deadman** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 9:19 am

NOT Concordes
Very hurty on the acetates

citizen · Post by **citizen** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 4:09 am

Alex Deadman wrote:NOT Concordes
Very hurty on the acetates

Really? More so than other Ortofons?

I want to preserve my vinyl as best as possible, what are your recommendations? (but also want great sound, too!)

shards · Post by **shards** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:06 am

UFO over easy wrote:
FELIS wrote:

..... shure 'whitelabel' .....
these destroy ortofon all day every day, and the m44-7s too for that matter

I'm a satisfied user of these. My only complaint is that I've got to learn not to leave them behind at gigs because they're not cheap! Now having to replace the 2nd pair I've lost this year.....

batfink · Post by **batfink** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 8:22 am

Citizen wrote:
Alex Deadman wrote:NOT Concordes
Very hurty on the acetates
Really? More so than other Ortofons?

I want to preserve my vinyl as best as possible, what are your recommendations? (but also want great sound, too!)

There are several stylii available for Concorde carts - some recommend 3g, some 4g. Shure's carts/stylii largely need no more than 2g... so yeah they will be a little kinder to your vinyl.

I use concorde's with dj e (elliptical) stylii.... the dj e's are one of those stylii that only needs 3g, and also has better jhigh freq response than the S carts wjhich are better for scratching (and often need 4g)

pandaia · Post by **pandaia** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:44 pm

nice recommendations all around, which i'm glad for cuz it's tiiiiiiime for new needles! rock it

cuntry_gent · Post by **cuntry_gent** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:59 pm

M44gs, (shure) they're like the 44-7s but lighter, less wear!

signus · Post by **signus** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:32 am

I've currently got a pair of Ortofon Concord Pro S but they are nearing the end of their life span. I'm lookin to spend about £120 on a pair of new carts but now I dunno what to get because this post has brought me to believe Shure are better

Anyone wanna link me to my perfect set of carts then? (keepin in mind how much I wanna spend)

pdomino · Post by **pdomino** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:36 am

Theres no specific needle for dubstep.

Love Concordes, Nightclub E, had 'em for 4 years, wont damage anything if you set your tone arm correctly.

robotic · Post by **robotic** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 11:57 am

bass response on m44-7 is much heavier than on the whitelabels. in general shures are loudest, hence best for any and all timecode systems out there. and as has been said before, wear on your vinyl/dubplates is least with the m44-7 as only 2-2.5g weight on the tonearm are needed for proper use... incl. for scratching, beatjuggling, what have ya...

xirrus · Post by **xirrus** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:16 pm

M44-7's all the way!
I have mine adjusted to 2g. Don't need any more weight at all. Seen people however for what ever retarded idea that they would have it set to 3-4g . Like WTF is the point? And then they wonder why the sound quality of there vinyl just deteriorates so fast.

signus · Post by **signus** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:33 am

Signus wrote:I've currently got a pair of Ortofon Concord Pro S but they are nearing the end of their life span. I'm lookin to spend about £120 on a pair of new carts but now I dunno what to get because this post has brought me to believe Shure are better

Anyone wanna link me to my perfect set of carts then? (keepin in mind how much I wanna spend)

Anyone?

blizzardmusic · Post by **blizzardmusic** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:13 pm

spooKs · Post by **spooKs** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:38 pm

cuntry_gent wrote:M44gs, (shure) they're like the 44-7s but lighter, less wear!

4linehaiku · Post by **4linehaiku** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 3:48 pm

I got the M44-Gs myself, had them for ages and I got no complaints. I heard that their top end sounds nicer than m44-77's but I don't actually know if it's true. Think they're less than £120 too for whoever has that price range.

badger · Post by **badger** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 4:48 pm

4linehaiku wrote:I got the M44-Gs myself, had them for ages and I got no complaints. I heard that their top end sounds nicer than m44-77's but I don't actually know if it's true. Think they're less than £120 too for whoever has that price range.

when i was looking they were around 30 quid each, ended up getting whitelabels though and love em

scaramanga · Post by **scaramanga** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 2:33 pm

i use Ortofon OM Nightclub E's and they are beautiful

nuff bass too

I wouldn't suggest getting Concords as I have heard from several people that they ruin tone arms

M44's are sick aswell and have mad bass I just find they dont have as much clarity and life in the sound as Ortofons

evoh_1 · Post by **evoh_1** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:16 pm

what are generally the best value for money carts for bass response?

badger · Post by **badger** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:19 pm

problem the shure m447 if u want value for money and good bass

darkmatter · Post by **darkmatter** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 2:39 pm

M44-7s have a distinct hump in their frequency response. Good for clarity when scratching over hiphop, not so nice with the piercing dubstep snares.

M44-7Gs have less of a hump.

Problem with both those carts is the needles are fairly easily damaged, and there's a bit too much bass amplification.

Ortofons sound nice, bloody expensive for what they are though. Don't hold the groove quite as nice as the M44-7s/7Gs, but the sound is sweet.

I've got M44-7s but I wanna try the whitelabels. They seem to be the best compromise of holding the groove and giving a good output level and sound while also protecting your tunes.

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