Hi i have a vintage toshiba music centre with a fully automatic DC-servo turntable. it is exactly like this picture:
Toshiba SM 3750 Music Centre | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
but mine had a "sony ND-134G" cartridge. the sound was very good and interesting but unfortunately i broke the needle and its cost about 20$ for repair and 30$ for replacing the needle if i could recieve (because i live in iran so i can buy but there is no guarantee for shiping to iran) so i went to store and found some other cartridges .the "numark DJ cartridge cs-1" is so good looking for me but i dont know how it works with my turntable, because of the term "DJ" .the tracking pressure is about 3 grams ,maybe its some high, but i dont know what to do. if the phono cartridges like "shure" and "audio thecnica" with the same price as "numark cs-1" are better for me?
Any advise will be welcome
Toshiba SM 3750 Music Centre | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
but mine had a "sony ND-134G" cartridge. the sound was very good and interesting but unfortunately i broke the needle and its cost about 20$ for repair and 30$ for replacing the needle if i could recieve (because i live in iran so i can buy but there is no guarantee for shiping to iran) so i went to store and found some other cartridges .the "numark DJ cartridge cs-1" is so good looking for me but i dont know how it works with my turntable, because of the term "DJ" .the tracking pressure is about 3 grams ,maybe its some high, but i dont know what to do. if the phono cartridges like "shure" and "audio thecnica" with the same price as "numark cs-1" are better for me?
Any advise will be welcome
DJ cartridges are more about resisting the side pressure of scratching than fidelity or preserving the record. While they are quite popular and available, I wouldn't use one on any record I intended to play more than once. I know shure makes both hifi and DJ cartridges. If you can get a Shure M97, I have been using mine 30 years, the disks are fine, and they are still in production. fits 1/2" spaced vertical screws, the old standard. Tracking is about 1.5 gram, with some of that taken up by a brush.
Delivery could be a problem, of course. Amazon.com sells them here.
Delivery could be a problem, of course. Amazon.com sells them here.
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