If you think about it, the Concorde pack comes with two styluses and the OM comes with one. Which makes them roughly the "same" price.
Even though I said I'd get things in two weeks, I've already dropped about 1k on my "starter" set. I bought the used set off of a DJ (surprise) on EBAY for around $850. S&H was 20% of the total!~ I'm getting
2 used 1200mk2
2 used ortofon nightclub carts + needles
1 used Pioneer DJM 300
1 used Grundorf DTTR-D case
25 LP
I also purchased two Ortofon "qbert" styluses to scratch with. Just gotta buy hd25's, and I guess I'll get the JBL control 1. Get more records. I'm wondering if I should invest in a cleaning solution. I read that people just use alcohol mixed with distilled water and wipe with lint free cloth. Upgrade the mixer down the road and replace the arms with modded OL's...
The OL tonearm upgrade is bugging me.
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this article.
It says not to use elliptical carts with the straight arm, but on the bottom under "a few final notes", it states "1. Were discussing Scratch DJ straight pivoted underhung tonearms, not linear tracking straight tonearms nor straight tonearms with proper overhang and the offset angle in the headshell."'
Does the OL/RB250 mod arm fit into the same catagory as the Stratch DJ arm?
Read this Thread
This thread
and this long thread
From what I'm picking up, elliptical needles sounds better than spherical and wears the record less, but I'd want to use an OM cart with a spherical stylus on a straight arm. You don't want to use an elliptical stylus for scratching which is why I bought the qbert styluses.
Any experts on the regamod want to chime in on which cartridge you should and shouldn't use?
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then spend however much it costs in your area (it varies greatly depending on geographical area) to get a service with calibration etc (removing that god damn quartz lock)
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Is there a specific place for this? Like with certified Technics people? There's an audio shop not to far from where I live that has lots of vintage receivers, headphones, and misc items. The owner does have a solding iron and a small table where it looks like he does repairs on. I guess I could go there and ask, but I think he'd try to swindle me. Would I be able to calibrate it myself using the manual?
Now that I think about it... I should buy some sort of stand or table to put the TTs on. I guess a keyboard stand should do the trick. I'm always forgetting something.