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Ortofon pink VS Ortofon Qberts and setup question

A_Jack 5:53 PM - 22 May, 2012
I've been reading some threads here about these carts and people seem to like both of these. I'm buying a new setup so I just wanna know those who have used both a lot which one do you prefer??

What do you think about this setup also?

1x Rane 62
2x Stanton st-150
2x Ortofon pink or qbert
2x Butter rugs
str8nger 8:49 PM - 22 May, 2012
Fuck all them expensive needles, get shure m447 they are good for use with serato and with vinyl
A_Jack 7:55 AM - 23 May, 2012
Well money is not an issue for these at the moment so if these are as good as m447 or a bit better I might as well get either of them.
A_Jack 11:19 AM - 24 May, 2012
Bump, any opinions? :) Guess I could get shures also but I'm interested overall which of these two ortofons performs better.
DJRemixEnt 4:49 PM - 24 May, 2012
get the pinks my dude... great sound and they hug the records very well.

m447 are great too, but they are very easy to bend... i went through a shit load of m447's cuz they kept bending... ive been rocking the pinks for about 2 years and love em.
DJ SPAIR 11:13 PM - 24 May, 2012
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Bump, any opinions? :) Guess I could get shures also but I'm interested overall which of these two ortofons performs better.

If I'm not mistaken the Qberts have a louder output. Go with the Q's
ssa7777 12:57 AM - 25 May, 2012
i've had q-berts for almost 6 years... love 'em- whether on serato or with regular vinyl ,they kick ass. very highly recommended
DJJOHNNYM_vSL3 1:51 AM - 25 May, 2012
PANKS all day...
A_Jack 4:51 PM - 26 May, 2012
Thanks for input, 50/50 as I expected :D I'm gonna go with the pinks for now!
Joee 5:12 PM - 26 May, 2012
pinks or "PANKS" johnny turned me on to them they hold the grove like they were glued to the record when heavy handed with skratchin
djstarjunkie 7:19 PM - 26 May, 2012
with ortofon om's do you guys use the extra weight that comes with it?? ive always used m44.7s (never used extra weight) or concords so dont know what to do
Joee 11:01 PM - 26 May, 2012
^^yes
DJJOHNNYM_vSL3 2:35 AM - 27 May, 2012
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with ortofon om's do you guys use the extra weight that comes with it?? ive always used m44.7s (never used extra weight) or concords so dont know what to do


Yes.

On top of that, I've had extra shell weights on my headshells since I've started DJ'ing. And I'm not talking that ridiculous "dime" lookin' mess that comes with most headshells these days, but the rectangular one that, "YES" you have to "Mount" on the cartridge....

(I can just imagine those breaking wires installing a cartridge, having a duck about something ELSE you have to do to a cartridge...)

Anyway, I've always lived by the notion that it's better to have MORE weight on the headshell, that you can scale back with the counterweight, than WISH you had more and then you start lookin for dimes and whatnot to make up the difference...