DJ Equipment Reviews

The CS 1 DJ cartridge is Carl Cox signed and approved

Numark has a heap of top notch DJ products, one better than the other and continually evolving for the better. I know working DJs looking at a Numark piece of DJ equipment, whatever it is, know that it’s going to be a treat to give it a try. For instance, take the latest DJ controller, the one and only NS7, which has two posts dedicated to it on WorkingDJ.com, just to show that it’s really something you want to look out for. When I say DJ products, I know that unfortunately, no working DJ thinks cartridges, right? Gotcha! Well, you better start, because not only Numark DJ cartridges features the same quality as their regular DJ equipment, but they beat the competition’s price on every level. And when Numark teams up with Carl Cox to come up with CS 1, a signature series DJ cartridge made for club and dance working DJs, you know you wanna check that out. Well, here’s your chance…

Numark has only recently started promoting their new line of signature series DJ cartridges, where the CS 1 is the way to go for club DJs, mobile DJs or working DJs who want superior tracking and output from their cartridge. The input of Carl Cox into the creation and customization of the CS 1 is invaluable, as this guy is a legend when it comes to acid house, techno, or just when he walks into a club. Probably the living dream of every working DJ in a nightclub out there, Carl Cox brings to new light the CS 1, recommeding it for any dance oriented DJ application, where the clarity and accuracy of the CS 1 will truly shine.

A big thing when considering a DJ cartridge of dance and nightclub purposes is performant tracking and accurate output, much more so than anti skipping, which is more important to scratch DJs and hip hop music. That’s not to say that the CS 1 will skip like crazy, actually it’s quite the opposite, as this DJ cartridge practically "hugs" the grooves on your record like no other, and the CS 1 rarely misses a beat. A weight of 18 grams makes the CS 1 sit nicely onto the vinyl grooves and the diamond shaped tip works to give the supreme accuracy and precision working DJs in all nightclubs will be thankful for, starting with Carl Cox.

The quality of the CS 1 DJ cartridge is way up there, like with most Numark DJ equipment, and when we’ll get to the tech specs in just a second, you’ll have the facts that back up that affirmation as well. Until then, just be sure the sound that CS 1 gives is like none you’ve heard before, and the tracking capabilities make this DJ cartridge ideal for any type of vinyl you have, no matter how damaged. Chances are no other DJ cartridge will track quite like the CS 1. Contributting to this supreme tracking and output quality is the construction of CS 1, made all in one piece, with no detachable parts of extremities that might wobble or vibrate and take away of the sound accuracy.

Now for those tech specifications, let’s see what makes the CS 1 so special, besides the Carl Cox signature:

• a frequency response of 20 Hz all the way to 22 kHz
• an output of 6 mV
• nominal channel separation of 32 dB
• the CS 1 keeps the channel balance within 1.5 dB
• and tracks with 3 to 6 grams of force
• the stylus tip is fine, circular diamond shaped
• recommended load is 47 Kohms, 200 pf
• and an inductance of 400mH/ch

The complete features list is available on the Numark website, and if you didn’t get much from all of that, you need to remember that the CS 1 is made for club and dance DJs most of all, working DJs who rock the clubs like Carl Cox. Other working DJs will surely benefit from the CS 1 tracking accuracy and output quality, but if you work in clubs often, then you have no excuse not to give the CS 1, Carl Cox signature series DJ cartridge a try.

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