Ortofon's Elektro cartridge is a well-rounded cartridge yet suitable to all types of DJing. The basic concept behind the Elektro is a combination of their Night Club and Scratch cartridges. The Night Club is Ortofon's best sounding cartridge and the Scratch has the best tracking ability for scratching. The Elektro combines the best features from both, with major improvements in the output (the Elektro is at 7.5mV) and construction. The Elektro also has a new level of durability, with a new rubber suspension designed to minimize the effects of rough handling (dropping the needle on the strobes, touching the stylus with your fingers, etc). Many of the DJs who work for us have switched to the Elektro, with the results backing up all of Ortofon's claims. With the introduction of the Ortofon's new Qbert cartridge, the Elektro's have slipped down in the heirarchy of Ortofon cartridges, but these are still an outstanding choice for DJs who require top sound quality and good skip resistance, and come in quite a deal cheaper than the Qberts.

- All purpose club DJ cartridge
- high skip resistance
- great sound
- spherical stylus
- standard 1/2" mount
- 7.5mV output
- 3.0 to 5.0g tracking force
- 20-15,000Hz frequency response

- EXTRA elektro stylus
- mounting hardware
- screwdriver
- stylus cleaning brush
- hard plastic carrying case

• manufacturer's website

reviewed by the mgmnt