Summary: Certain cartridges are designed specifically for djs. Learn what features to look for when buying a DJ phono cartridge in this free record player maintenance lesson from an experienced disc jockey.
Justin Cohen is a disc jockey from Northampton, Mass. He has DJed regularly at public and private functions since 2004, and had a weekly radio show on Valley Free Radio WXOJ from...read more
"OK, this is an example of a higher end cartridge that you might want to use for nightclub DJing. This is definitely a step up from the M twenty five C. This here is a nightclub E concord cartridge. The E stands for elliptical. This puts out six point O. And the, as opposed to the five point O that the M twenty five C puts out. It's specifically designed for playing at nightclub and it's quite a bit better for using then the M twenty five C. It's not going to be skipping as often. It's going to, the tracking going to be better. The output of sound is obviously higher. It's going to be louder as well as better sound quality. And it's going to do you a lot better good, but these usually list more like one ninety, one hundred ninety dollars each, as opposed to the thirty dollars each. Which is why go for the M twenty five C."
eHow Article: How to Buy a DJ Phono Cartridge