DJ Cartridges - have you tried it?

banned.
The DJ cart is made to have a super stuff, unbreakable cantilever. So if your 3 year old is using your system, get the DJ cart. f you have wild drunken all night parties and let your guests play music on your TT, get the DJ cart.
Otherwise, most "audiophile carts have a cantilever that you barely touch and it is broken.
The twain shall never meet.
Stiff and strong vs. subtle and delicate.
And so is the music.
DJ is for 'scratching'to tolerate LP movement backwards/forward by hand while using synth beats, Audiophile is to listen to music.
The DJ will play music as well as or better than a 1950's Barbie phonograph. (when on your $1,000. plus TT) but it will NOT sound much better....
If all you got is a $99 used Japanese mass market turntable and a 1980 receiver, with $50 Radio Shack speakers, you may not notice a problem using the DJ cart.

I have a KAB modded Stanton Trackmaster. It is an integrated headshell cartridge w/ a NOS Stereohedron stylus. It's a big reality check as to what makes up a cartridge. This thing is superb and has the midrange of a $1500 moving coil.

Elizabeth, I enjoyed that... I had a very brief internship at my college radio station (RIT in Rochester NY) and know what you mean!