Tracking modern pop recordings with very loud bass
I run an an LP mastering operation; we use an old Technics SL1200 I got on craigslist for $400.00, for testing to see if our cuts will be playable by a non-audiophile setup. I Installed a Grado Gold in it, and it works really quite well. Watching this video from Grado Labs NYC anyone can recognize even older Technics. This is a turntable to test cartridges at Grado Labs. Here is another example of the cheapest Shure cartridge suspension (extreme test) in slow motion video. That was a $50 cartridge. It will track everything including some shitty warped records with very loud bass. Here is warped as hell record played on another cheap turntable with very cheap cartridge that don’t even skip! I am not talking about quality here, the OP posted some nonsense about bass response and tracking abilities of a phono cartridges. He doubt a phono cartridge can reproduce bass without miss tracking. Even dirt cheap phono cartridge can do that without skipping on very cheap $400 Technics turntable, so you can imagine what a $500 cartridge can do on $1000 tonearm on $1500 turntable? If you experienced miss tracking then your cartridge or your tonearm is junk (or you don’t know how to set up it well). Trying over 60 different carts on 15 different tonearm over the years I can remember only ONE cartridge with terrible tracking abilities, it was low compliance Ortofon SPU, I returned this sample to the shop, I think it was a defective unit. If you want a bad ass bass response you need a 12" inch single, not an LP version. When they cut 12" inch there is one ONE track per side, it can be louder and better, a high modulation require more room on vinyl surface. If you’re looking for a turntable buy yourself brand new $1700 SL1200GR or cheaper $900 mk7 Rega is awful and overpriced turntable in my opinion. |
