mopardave Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Never heard of them. Any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinmi Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Did you check out https://www.vinylengine.com/ to see if they have anything on them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 Depending on the model... they are fine. Used a lot in the DJ business. Their 681 series of cartridges has been around forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopardave Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 4 hours ago, kevinmi said: Did you check out https://www.vinylengine.com/ to see if they have anything on them? No not yet. I seen a couple stantons and was curious if they were any good. Thanks Kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopardave Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 3 hours ago, Marvel said: Depending on the model... they are fine. Used a lot in the DJ business. Their 681 series of cartridges has been around forever. Been seeing a lot of turntables on Facebook lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 StantonDJ is owned by Gibson, the guitar company. http://www.stantondj.com/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopardave Posted January 7, 2020 Author Share Posted January 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Marvel said: StantonDJ is owned by Gibson, the guitar company. http://www.stantondj.com/index.html That’s interesting. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 As long as Stanton is still the company and not just the name bought out they sure ought to be a good product. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Russian-Spy- Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Stanton decks are consindered super oem tables, they are manufactured by hanpin. Hanpin makes alot of direct drive tables for dj use, they do offer a fairly good value for the money in that relm. After a little research you will find most oem tables have a similar quality, they get fairly good reviews from dj's but troubled reviews from audiophiles and others who are looking into higher end gear. Here is the top result from a stanton super oem search. https://www.vinyloftheday.com/super-oem-turntables/ The stanton str-88 tables are known to thrash records with their straight tone arms, but will track the record and not skip with aggressive scratching. So if thats the table your looking at, i would pass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopardave Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 Not sure what model they are, just seen 2 tables for sale on facebook was curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 8 hours ago, -Russian-Spy- said: The stanton str-88 tables are known to thrash records with their straight tone arms I fail to see how the shape of the tonearm has any bearing on that. It doesn't matter if it's straight, s-shaped, or anything else so long as the cartridge is square to the spiral in the two right places. Now if you'd said something about the arm horizontal pivot being square to the arm instead of to the cartridge I guess that might be a point of discussion... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopardave Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 47 minutes ago, glens said: I fail to see how the shape of the tonearm has any bearing on that. It doesn't matter if it's straight, s-shaped, or anything else so long as the cartridge is square to the spiral in the two right places. Now if you'd said something about the arm horizontal pivot being square to the arm instead of to the cartridge I guess that might be a point of discussion... I remember seeing an AKAI turntable in the store back in the 80's that the tone arm did not swing side to side, but was held straight and read the album as it was cut at the factory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 6 minutes ago, mopardave said: I remember seeing an AKAI turntable in the store back in the 80's that the tone arm did not swing side to side, but was held straight and read the album as it was cut at the factory. Quite a number of linear tracking tables still out there. My older son has one. Here's a Harmon-Kardon model from the '70s... Thorens, Technics, Mitsubishi and many others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopardave Posted January 8, 2020 Author Share Posted January 8, 2020 59 minutes ago, Marvel said: Quite a number of linear tracking tables still out there. My older son has one. Here's a Harmon-Kardon model from the '70s... Thorens, Technics, Mitsubishi and many others. And I thought AKAI was the only one. Linear tracking a good idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billybob Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Also Swedish B&O models but not all. Gerrard used by a member here a linear type think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glens Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 Linear tracking can allow for the stylus to be squared to the groove across the entire record surface instead of at only two places as with a "bent" pivoting arm. It's really more a novelty, however, at least historically. It works, but is high-maintenance, and adds much greater chance of noise being picked up from the arm transport system. A modern version if it had electronics for sensing and drive might fare some better, if such exists. Even at its best, though, an LP playback system just doesn't have the dynamic range and low noise floor that digital typically achieves. I realize some folks desire the more "organic" nature of analog sources, similar to those who prefer tube amplification, but I've moved on, and not just because the bulk of the world's population has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted January 8, 2020 Share Posted January 8, 2020 3 hours ago, mopardave said: Linear tracking a good idea? In theory... I believe they need two motors, one for the platter and one for the arm tracking. They are certainly, as glens says, higher maintenance. I only have a turntable for some LPs that aren't on CD and will never be, but I like to listen to the music once in a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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