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Ortofon Concorde MK1 Styli
Physically, each series of DJ styli for Concorde MkI except for S-120, and Concorde MkII will fit on alternate cartridge bodies. However, these combinations are not supported by Ortofon, as each cartridge series is designed with a synergistic combination in mind - that is, each stylus is made to compliment the magnet and coil configuration of each cartridge body. For instance, using CLUB stylus with SCRATCH body will not provide the full benefit of either product, and might even provide undesired results, including (but not limited to) differences in output, unbalanced sound reproduction.
How to replace a stylus
Firstly lock the turntable tone arm, unscrew the cartridge, gently remove the stylus from the cartridge and insert a new stylus. A stylus is changed usually by pulling straight out and in the opposite direction of the turntable's arm. If the stylus doesn't come with directions, try these: with one hand, hold the cartridge to steady it. With the other hand, using a pair of tweezers, grasp the stylus from both sides and pull. Install the new stylus: holding the stylus from the top, press it gently into the space at the tip of the cartridge where the old stylus had been. Don't force it.
Proper care comprises the following:
Cleaning of record by means of carbon fibre brush before and after every use. Cleaning of record by using record cleaning machine once in a while.
Cleaning of stylus by means of a fine antistatic brush. Please remember to remove dust from the diamond tip before and after playback of each record. Use the brush in the forward direction from the rear of the cartridge towards the stylus tip and never from stylus tip to the rear of the cartridge and never from side to side.
Proper adjustment of antiskating, azimuth and tracking force.
Spherical vs Ellpitical
The physical difference between a spherical and elliptical stylus is the shape of the diamond.
An elliptical diamond allows for more detailed sound quality, as it fits better within the groove and therefore has more contact area with the groove itself. Elliptical diamonds penetrate the groove walls further, extracting more intricate detail, especially in the high end, than is possible with a spherical diamond. It is commonly misrepresented that elliptical styli cause more wear than spherical styli.
In fact, spherical styli, since they have a smaller contact area and more pressure, cause more immediate wear than elliptical styli, but in a smaller area of the groove itself. Elliptical styli, since they have more weight distribution amongst a larger contact area, will wear the groove slower, but will wear more of the groove over repeated backcueing.
Kunde
Reviewed in Germany on January 28, 2024
Gewohnter Spitzenklang.Kaufempfehlung.
Moi
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2023
Excellent thank you...
Giuseppe
Reviewed in Italy on September 30, 2022
Aumento dei dbE qualità superiore in uscita
Sally Watson
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2014
thanks
A Customer
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2013
I have been using Concorde DJ-s stylii for years and years, but I recently dusted off my vinyl collection in order to record it to AIFF and use it in my digital DJing world, and after much research I decided to go with these elliptical stylii, to get a better sound, because some of my records were a bit worn out and sounding a bit dodgy (tinny, and clipping at the top end like a transistor radio turned up too loud). I figured elliptical stylii would fit better into the groove and squeeze out whatever limited groove undulations were left on those worn out records, i.e. ellipticals would reach into a part of the groove that the spherical stylii wouldn't have managed to wear out. Ellipticals tend to wear out the record if you do a lot of backcueing or scratching, but as my main intent was to just play the records back, I figure it's worth it. For any rough DJing stuff I'll just switch back to my old DJ-S needles.I didn't need to buy the cartridges because you can run Night Club E's on a DJ-S cartridge - I researched this heavily online first and there was a forum post somewhere where an actual Ortofon engineer answered the question, saying that they were interchangeable without problems. (good, cos I couldn't afford new cartridges!).Overall I'm really satisfied with the sound. In addition I spent a lot of time reading up on the correct procedure for weighting & balancing the tone-arm, and this also made a big difference and is well worth the time investment, and you should do it on any turntables you perform on, because so many DJs crank up the weight or mess with the anti-skate thinking that it helps, but it makes things sound & perform worse.
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