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By Godzillinois Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:18 pm
The 44-7s might be good for scratching but my guy got some tables for a good deal that came with some decent Stanton needles and they're definitely louder than my 44-7s. I just bought new stylus' (styli?) though so maybe that will make a difference.
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By ReckOne Sat Oct 06, 2007 10:59 am
44-7's

Output Voltage
Typical at 1 kHz
9.5 mV RMS at 5 cm/sec peak velocity

Recommended Load
47 kilohms in parallel with 450pf

Tracking Force
Effective at stylus tip
Range: 1.5 to 3 grams

Stylus Cantilever
Shure Type S
Heat-treated aluminum alloy / tubular
1.6 mil wall thickness / 34.5 mil diameter

Diamond Stylus Tip
Polished natural gemstone: Spherical
Radius: 0.7 mil

Frequency Response
Essentially flat from 20 to 17,000 Hz

Stereo Channel Balance
Within 2 dB

Channel Separation
Typical at 1 kHz: 20 dB



44-g's

Output Voltage
Typical at 1 kHz
6.2 mV RMS at 5 cm/sec peak velocity

Recommended Load
47 kilohms in parallel with 450pf

Tracking Force
Effective at stylus tip
Range: 0.75 to 1.5 grams

Stylus Cantilever
Shure Type S
Heat-treated aluminum alloy / tubular
1.6 mil wall thickness / 34.5 mil diameter

Diamond Stylus Tip
Polished natural gemstone: Spherical
Radius: 0.7 mil

Frequency Response
Essentially flat from 20 to 20,000 Hz

Stereo Channel Balance
Within 2 dB

Channel Separation
Typical at 1 kHz: 20 dB
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By cosmicchief Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:06 pm
holy sugar smacks.... thanks for the specs!
looks like the main difference is output voltage and frequency response. 447's sound "bass heavy" because the top 3,000 Hz aren't represented, which means that you won't hear as much clarity in things like hi-hats and crashes.

another thing to think about is getting a needle with an elliptical tip rather than a spherical one. They don't track for crap when cueing, but they're supposed to sound much better than the "cannonballs" that the 447s or 44gs use.
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By cosmicchief Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:12 pm
wow --- i didn't know C-R-A-P was a 4-letter word on this forum.... :roll:

By djhavik Tue Nov 20, 2007 12:57 am
What what I was told J.Dilla used the portable numark turntable. In my humble opinion the 1200 is over kill if you are only going to sample. If you want to get high tech a digital out like the numarks have would be cool too.
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By cosmicchief Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:09 am
The type of turntable used for sampling matters little (as long as the tonearm tracks properly) ... it's all about the needle you use. High output = better quality.
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By Dr_Doom Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:09 am
sup, my 2c. I've got stanton str8-150's and they're pretty good tables I've never really played on techincs so I don't really know how different they are but my tables work well lots of good features and they're solid as, only down side is Stanton customer support is terrible. The motor on my table stopped working ages ago, took it back to the shop and it took them about 2 months to fix it then they bent my tone arm and it was about 5 months before I got a replacement tone arm and that was because I kept bugging the shop about it and eventually they got the tone arm off another table. In 5 months Stanton never shipped out a new tone arm and they've never replied to any of my emails. Good tables thou shame about stanton.
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By damien907 Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:46 am
check out the numrk tt 500 i bought mine for sampling and scratchin, but you need a mixer too, im just rocking one cause i just use it for sampling and not mixing but i got the dxm pro mixer and i love it too, i got the "on the floor" copy so it was like 100 bucks less. but then you need an audio interface too, haha i made this purchase about a year ago, im usin a firewire 410 and i love it.

if your just goin direct into your mpc and doin all your chopping there you could probably bypass the 410.

the tt500 has really good torque too esepcially for a turntble in its price range. it has like 5.1 whatever units i dont remmber but i remember that it blew everything else away in that price range.