Features of Phonograph Cartridges for DJ Scratching

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"Alright, this last cartridge I'm going to show you is a great example of a fantastic needle for scratching. This is the M447. This is the industry standard for the best scratching needle. Now pros use it, pretty much most of the pros who really do scratching use this needle, guys like Qbert, Executioners, Beat Junkies, I mean this is the needle that people use in scratching competitions. It actually puts out 9.5 mV, which is fantastic sound quality, and it's just supposed to be the most skip resistant needle. You have a lot of versatility with it, you can really give this needle a lot of damage and it'll take it and it's not going to wear down your record, it's not going to wear down the needle as much, and yeah, you can throw this needle at the record and it's going to be alright."