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Originally Posted by OMNIFEX  A cartridge offering an output of 6mv was very loud in the 1990’s and anything beyond that was too loud (offered more distortion) on a majority of records.
Here is the cartridge I own/use which, are/were aimed for DJs at the time. As you can see it is 4.4 mV http://www.pickeringuk.com/v15dj.html |
Interesting; I had no idea Pickering made a disco needle but that makes sense given the long history of the company.
As for why you would make cartridges louder, my understanding is that the higher the output, the less gain you need to apply on the mixer to raise the volume of a particular record. Among other advantages, that would lessen the possibility of feedback, especially in a loud club/discotheque environment.
Of course, these days, with so many DJs using Serato or similar time-coded vinyl + DJ software systems, you can usually get away with using far more inferior cartridges.
I never bought the Ortofon for DJing purposes. I was told that it offered the best bang for the buck in terms of sound quality and cost. I know record labels who master their reissues from vinyl using a Nightclub E and producers who sample using them. That's why I'm perplexed as to why I'd be getting such obvious distortion using the one I have now. I'll keep playing around this week and seeing what I can figure out.
Thanks again.