well at first i started with the numark cs-1's and found out they couldn't handle my regiment, so at the moment I am rolling with cc-1 ( tony touch ) carts from numark that can handle more abuse , they are nice and sound proper for the bedroom . I also hear stanton has some nice carts, like teh 505sks and the trackmasters , but if you have the money go with Ortofon club standard , out of all the ones 505sk by stantons will do you good and they are affordable which is the key point to my reply , hope this sheds more like than confuses you
Ortofon!!! I live by them.
They are just too good to describe mate.
They do different ones for everything from scratching to recording vinyl to mp3.
Check out the whole range here. http://www.decks.co.uk/products/carts_styli/ortofon