What cartridge is on your Technics SL12xx ?

[Shadowman82]

Makes me glad I have one .

[Shagga]

Hey guys,

I just dusted off my 1200 MKII's and found this site in order to do some self servicing. I'm going to replace the stylus' for the Shure M44-7 Cartridges and after reading through this thread I noticed a lack of mention of shure cartridges?

[Josey Wales]

I use a Shure M91ED with SAS stylus on my 1210-mkII and it sounds great, some say it is too compliant for the stock arm but I disagree.

[johnnywalker]

First, my Techie is an SL-1800 MkII, but when compared with the SL-12XX, I think that probably does not make a difference in choice of cartridges.

My selection of cartridges (3) is as follows:

Denon DL-110: Classical.

Nagaoka MP-110: Most of everything else (best cart I've ever used for vocals).

AT CN5625AL: Thrift-shop purchases.

[cafe latte]

Hey guys,

I just dusted off my 1200 MKII's and found this site in order to do some self servicing. I'm going to replace the stylus' for the Shure M44-7 Cartridges and after reading through this thread I noticed a lack of mention of shure cartridges?

That is more a DJ cart and your Technics will sound a LOT better if you replace the cart with something a bit further up the food chain. It is not a cart I am personally familiar with so I dont know if replacing the stylus with a better one (hifi) will give any improvements, but I guess not, others may know more.
Regards
CL

[heppuli]

Stanton 885LZS with D88-S stylus. Sounds excellent.

[Werner]

[hey_homes]

Does anyone who uses their turntables for DJing (just mixing, not scratching) have decks equipped with higher end carts? I ask because I often use my turntables for straight listening but also have a mix from time to time. I guess you wouldn't want to be too hard on an expensive cartridge though.

[mmarston]

Hey guys,

I just dusted off my 1200 MKII's and found this site in order to do some self servicing. I'm going to replace the stylus' for the Shure M44-7 Cartridges and after reading through this thread I noticed a lack of mention of shure cartridges?

Might want to look at the N55E stylus, elliptical, tracks 1-2 grams, fits the M44 body. Should be quite a bit more refined sounding than the DJ stylus. M44-7 was originally marketed as a hi-fi cartridge in the '60s, was considered good at the time.

[arnelc]

Is it worth to get a used M55e cart if I have already a M447 cart installed in my sl mk3? I found a NOS N55e stylus which I plan to use on my M447 cart. Will there be a big difference between the 2 carts?

[mmarston]

I don't have any direct experience, so can't say for sure, but my gut feeling is there probably isn't much if any difference. The M55 body was discontinued long ago while they continued to make styli, if that's a clue...

Best,
Mike

[arnelc]

Thanks Mike...will settle with the N55e, hope to get it by the weekend.

[gx502]

Using Ortofon Kontra-B w/ SA-750D on my MK5, with a MN bearing, and TS-STD PSU

[snfrosten]

Grado Signature XTZ in Cardas rewired arm