Shure M44-7 Competition Turntable Cartridge
Specifically engineered to reduce skipping to an absolute minimum, this cartridge offers you high quality output without wearing out or damaging your vinyl.
Overall User Ratings (based on 47 ratings)
Submitted October 20, 2016 by DENNIS B in ALBUQUERQUE, NM
"Shure M44-7's"
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Has a very nice even rich sound for a Competition Cart, I was surprised when I installed these on both my Pioneer PLX-1000's you can't go wrong buying these if you are on the fence about what to use, get these they sound GOOD!
Musical Background:
Fromer Radio DJ who loves very good equipment, 30 yrs of DJ exprience under my belt
Musical Style:
Rock, Funk, R&B DISCO form the 70's thur the 2000's
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Submitted May 22, 2006 by a customer from yahoo.com
"M44-7's scratch out the compitition!"
This is the needle of choice if you plan on doing a lot of scratching.....there is none better that I have found....the darn thing stays in the groove and you practically have to smash the tables with a sledge hammer to make it skip when it's set up properly,I have some Numark Tony Touch's and they SUCK in comparison....spend the cash on the M44-7's and you will be very happy you did.
Sound
Excellent tone pick up both Highs and lows
Manufacturer Support
didn't have to contact them
Musical Background:
Hobbyist
Musical Style:
Old Skool hip-hop
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Submitted November 3, 2014 by Eric J
"Best DJ needle out there"
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Don't let the fact that it's a box cartridge fool you... I mean, it's the only reason why I rated features 4/5. However, the output is great, it stays in the groove, and it's cheaper (also better) than Ortofon. This will be the only DJ needle you will ever want. I will always come back for more of these as long as people still carry them.
Musical Background:
DJ/Artist, Audio Engineer, 13+years
Musical Style:
Drum N Bass, Dubstep, Trance, House, Tech House, Breaks, Jungle
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Submitted July 12, 2013 by richard d
"nice scratch cartdridge delivered on a well build mounting plate"
The m44-7 comes delivered as a ready to go unit. I've experimented something,butthe 23degree angle doesn't do the trick for me, i think that number is too great and based on a technics turtable. > igave it a slight touch and let the needle wear in with 5 grams on a new dvs record for an our...then 3.5 gr appr. . And started playing,this needle was a knew one and compared too the old one it moved too much when scratching, so i flattend the needle some biy gently pushing the cartrididge and lowered the arm a bit, which did the trick. The sound is ok. A little dull in my opinion, but you can do with it what you what...it almost never skips and the times it did was when i tried out new stuff using a lot of force, you can't go wrong with this stylus. I know gonna try qbert's concorde, just too see if it makes a lot of difference...i doubt it.pro's:- skipproof-sound is oke, not great-cheap replacement needles-you can experiment with your cartrdidge settingscons:-a ready to go m44-7 is just a little cheaper then a ortofon serato s-120 concorde-needle is less duarable then ortofon concorde's ones
Musical Background:
organ when i was you, synth, and just mixing with old technics in the 90's
Musical Style:
mostly scratching on instrumentals when using dvs and analogue i like i kind of styles... abba vs jay-z or that kind of noncense
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