I've just recently been upgrading my DJ equipment ready for the start of the House Party/BBQ season which us and a close circle of friends throughout the summer get together at the various houses, eat, drink and play tunes from dusk till dawn, so I've been getting all the gear up to scratch, new mixer, Amp, speakers and the most important bit of kit 'The Stylus' which got me thinking what the state and condition is of the said stylus at Rare Soul venues? you hear of horror stories over the years of iffy and bad sound systems at gigs but apart form bad sound, sub standard equipment etc. how often is the stylus checked, maintained and replaced with new ones?, when you consider the value of many of the records I would like to think that the condition of the stylus should be nothing less than first class, I remember several years ago at an Allnighter Roger Banks totally wrecked his copy of Syl Johnson - 'Do You Know What Love Is' because the arm setting on the deck was too heavy and the stylus was way past it's sell by date resulting in the record having cue burn all the way through it, Roger went mental but nothing was done or offered to cover the fact that the record was fcuked caused by sub standard equipment i.e. a shagged stylus.

When you consider that you can buy a pair of high quality 'Stanton' heads and stylus for example from about £60/70.00 I think this is a small price to pay to avoid any possible nightmares of damage to records, just wondering how often people maintain and change the stylus, if you consider that even a good quality one lasts for approx 500 hours playing time which by my calculations based on say an 8 hour allnight session means used 60 times, that it would need to be replaced at best once a year? but I suspect some would be used longer or never changed? I guess with this time scale and life span that it's easy to forget to change/replace on a regular basis but remember this a stylus can be replaced but in many instances the records can't if they are damaged as a result of cue burn, iffy of clapped out stylus, would be interested on your thought on this.

Regards - Mark Bicknell.

Edited May 16, 200817 yr by Mark Bicknell

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How hard is it?

Take your own ffs.

Or does that mean you have to put yer hand in yer pocket?

I know the script mate 'Trevski', or whatever your Mam called you.

Direct your put downs at me, and not at me via one of your mates.

I can cope (that is, when I can see that you know what you are talking about anyhow, otherwise I may think that you are talking out of your arse).

???? Just read this. What the F**k are you on about????

Phil says he uses Stanton 500's which cost about £20, as a spare/backup. He mentioned that to have spares of Groovemasters would cost a fortune.I simply pointed out that Groovemasters/Discmasters, are only £16.95 which are cheaper than his, so maybe he should consider them. So whats your problem????? How am I puting you down?? Where do you actualy come into it? My posts were not refering to anything you had said, whatsoever! If I wanted to put you down (which I don't) I would direct whatever I had to say to you. I don't need to go thru anyone else to do my work for me, I can more than take care of myself, thanks.

(PS. My Mum does actualy call me Trevski! )

(PPS. As for me not knowing what I'm talking about, and talking out my arse, I shall treat that remark with the contempt it deserves.)

Edited May 22, 200817 yr by Trevski

They sound p*ssing awful.

No. They don't.

Just bringing this back to the fore. I have been trying to get some advice as to the best possible cart/stylus to use at my allnighter. It is a scary prospect that so many irriplacable 45's are played on my decks, and I want to ensure that they not only sound fantastic, but that they are being damaged as little as is humanly possible.......trouble is, you read posts like this, and you are more baffled than you were before you started. Everyone has an opinion, but they are all different. So who's right?

I have emailed all the major manufacturers, and asked for their reccomendations.......only one has had the courtessy to reply. Shure.

I'll be using these from now on. Thanks to Shure......

Just bringing this back to the fore. I have been trying to get some advice as to the best possible cart/stylus to use at my allnighter. It is a scary prospect that so many irriplacable 45's are played on my decks, and I want to ensure that they not only sound fantastic, but that they are being damaged as little as is humanly possible.......trouble is, you read posts like this, and you are more baffled than you were before you started. Everyone has an opinion, but they are all different. So who's right?

I have emailed all the major manufacturers, and asked for their reccomendations.......only one has had the courtessy to reply. Shure.

I'll be using these from now on. Thanks to Shure......

you wont be disappointed phil...been using these for about 4 years now, 100% definite improvement in sound quality from other needles i've used, i always take my own with me wherever i dj and when i change them over from the ones being used you can hear the difference straight away, the only thing i would say is treat them carefully (and tell others who use them at your night to do the same) as they dont take too kindly to being bounced off slipmats etc, i havent broken any myself but have had a couple ruined by others

you wont be disappointed phil...been using these for about 4 years now, 100% definite improvement in sound quality from other needles i've used, i always take my own with me wherever i dj and when i change them over from the ones being used you can hear the difference straight away, the only thing i would say is treat them carefully (and tell others who use them at your night to do the same) as they dont take too kindly to being bounced off slipmats etc, i havent broken any myself but have had a couple ruined by others

No matter whether its ortofon,Stanton,Shure.Citronic,

Sony

If yer not on a stage and the dance floor bounce isnt being absorbed all dex will jump unless

precautions are taken

be careful what decks are used as some venues I have attended are utilising amateur dex and you feel so uncomfortable,

so hopefully all promoters are utilising good equipment not just Styli/cartridges

Edited May 25, 200817 yr by Makemvinyl