DaX
10-15-2002, 07:31 PM
Ok, so I shopped around for a good set of needles for a long time. I listened to everyone's opinion on which was the best. It seems I never found a needle that SOMEONE didn't have something negative to say about it. It either ate your records or it didn't track worth a shit or something.
Today I bought a pair of Ortofon Black's with two sets of tips - one is the standard "pro s" tip that's black with a red dot, and the others are the "night club" yellow tips. The black ones have a spherical needle and the yellow ones have an elliptical needle. The guy at guitar center said the elliptical needle is the best - being the one that is the most "middle ground" between tracking and not eating records. One big negative I've heard more than once about Ortofons is that the four prong contactor is never making a good connection because they are so short or that the needle is too heavy. If this is the case then why do so many DJ's use ortofons, or why doesn't ortofon redesign them, or why don't you just re-balance your tone arm [if you think it's too heavy].
So, if you spin, what kind of needles do you use? What good and bad have you heard about them? Which ones do you think are the best? And if you use ortofons, which tips do you like the best or think are the best? Why?
Today I bought a pair of Ortofon Black's with two sets of tips - one is the standard "pro s" tip that's black with a red dot, and the others are the "night club" yellow tips. The black ones have a spherical needle and the yellow ones have an elliptical needle. The guy at guitar center said the elliptical needle is the best - being the one that is the most "middle ground" between tracking and not eating records. One big negative I've heard more than once about Ortofons is that the four prong contactor is never making a good connection because they are so short or that the needle is too heavy. If this is the case then why do so many DJ's use ortofons, or why doesn't ortofon redesign them, or why don't you just re-balance your tone arm [if you think it's too heavy].
So, if you spin, what kind of needles do you use? What good and bad have you heard about them? Which ones do you think are the best? And if you use ortofons, which tips do you like the best or think are the best? Why?