John,
Let me make it clear that I love Ortofon styluses. They're the best around
for fidelity and sound reproduction, at least in a club setting with dance
vinyl. That being said, I STRONGLY recommend using the Ortofon OM series
which mount to the Technics headshells. The more popular Ortofon
banana-type has had a history of vague connections with the Technics
tonearm and Ortofon hasn't seen the need to update their design (adding 1mm
of metal to the ends of their connectors would do it.)
Unknowing DJs who lose channels while DJing are told by their friends to
"lick" the contacts of the Ortofons (banana-type) but as soon as the saliva
dries, you've got a layer of saliva blocking the metal-to-metal contact
(obviously not a good thing.) It's a short-term (i.e. a few minutes until
the saliva dries and then becomes less of a conductor and more of a
hindrance) fix that so many DJs still mess around with. Consider it an
"old wives tale" if there is such a thing in the dance DJ world :)
If you talk to DJs who are conscientious about their equipment and their
sound, you'll find that they're using OM Ortofons on Technics
headshells. That's my strong recommendation.
Gen
At 02:59 PM 2/17/01 -0700, John BEPPU wrote:
>[ date ] 2001/02/17 | Saturday | 02:36 PM
>[ author ] Gen Kanai <gkanai@earthlink.net>
>
> > Even Ortofon (with their banana styluses) can't get the Technics headshell
> > design correct (witness all the DJs who buy the banana-style Ortofons and
> > have connectivity problems with the tonearm and then lick the contacts,
> > further worsening the electrical connection by adding dried saliva between
> > the metal contacts - that's DJ "intelligence" for you.)
>
>This is weird, because I've heard nothing but good things about
>Ortofons. In fact, I was about to go buy one, but now I'm
>hesitating. Let me add that I'm not a DJ -- I just like listening
>to music. I'm was surprised, because this is the first bad thing
>I've read about Ortofons.
>
>Does anyone else out there have anything to say about Ortofons?
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