BAD NEWS FOR VINYL DJ'S. SHURE ANNOUNCED THAT THEY ARE STOPPING TO MANUFACTURE DJ CARTRIDGES.

"In recent years, the ability to maintain our exacting standards in the Phonograph Cartridge product category has been challenged," the company said in a statement today, "resulting in cost and delivery impacts that are inconsistent with the Shure brand promise." Because of this, they will discontinue all of their DJ cartridges, including the M44-7 and Whitelabel (pictured) models, which are among the industry's most popular. This will take effect as of this summer.

In 2014 RA had gave a special treatment for the legendary M44-7 cartridges. Check out the article.