virak Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 (edited) Has anone here tried the Atrylogy/Tonar N44-7 or Tonar N44G styli? A friend of mine is opening a small bar, and would like to have a classic DJ set-up installed. Since the budget is really low, I'm going to lend him a couple of 1200's in exchange for cheap booze and help him set them up. The DJ's will mostly be his record collecting friends in their 50's, so they'll probably just cue up their records and leave it at that..But we need some decent "house cartridges". I do have a some Shure M44 and Ortofon OM carts (sans styli), and would like to make use of them, so it's either M44-7/G with aftermarket styli or OMs with Pro S styli. Opinions? Edited March 16, 2019 by virak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHouse Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Since they stopped manufacturing 447's, I wouldn't use them for the bar setup. Hold onto those for your own selfish skratch purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
virak Posted March 20, 2019 Author Share Posted March 20, 2019 (edited) After some research and considering, I'm going for the aftermarket N44Gs. Tonars N44 styli are reportedly made by Jico, are about just as nice as the OG Shures and cost £15 a pop. Way back when eBay still was fun, I bought quite a bit of new and vintage Shure carts and styli (e.g 10 NOS M44C Improved carts for $10 a piece!), so there's a plentiful supply of M44-series bodies. I miss those days. Cheap N44-7s sold in sheets of 12... Edited March 20, 2019 by virak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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