Stanton STR8150 High Torque Direct Drive DJ Turntable

• World's Strongest Torque Motor (4.5 Kgf-cm)
• Heavy Duty Steel Construction
• Ultra Stable Platter and Tone Arm
• Includes Stanton 680HP Cartridge
• Super-high-torque, direct-drive motor with adjustable start and brake speeds; key correction alters platter speed without changing pitch
• Coaxial digital-audio output plugs directly into a CD recorder, audio/video surround receiver, or a PC or Macintosh sound card
• Selectable phono- or line-level output grants use with amplifiers and preamps lacking phono inputs
• Plays at 33, 45, and 78 rpm, offers +/-8, +/-25, and +/-50 percent pitch adjust; includes Stanton 680HP cartridge and headshell
• Measures 7.7 x 5.8 x 13.9 inches (W x H x D)

Stanton is promoting this turntable to the mixing/scratching set. However, if you're an old coot like me who just wants a good quality turntable that will play your LP's, 45's and 78's, this is the one to get.

The STR8-150 is solidly built; the entire thing weighs about 36 pounds. The platter is a little lighter than some other turntables I've seen, but there's just no rumble at all. There are both analogue and digital outputs that allow you to hook up the turntable to practically any stereo, home theater system or computer (no special phono-level inputs required).

A bonus feature of this turntable is the variable speed control that allows you to actually play records as low as 16 rpm (used for some special use records) or up to 90 rpm (used on many early acoustic "78's").

A good quality Stanton cartridge comes with the turntable and a 78 stylus is available for it.

The only thing missing is a dust cover or an option to buy one as an accessory.

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I had been studing this turntable for almost two years testing it against other tables in it's class and using it side by side with the Technics 1200. It has proven itself to me a very powerful piece of equipment. The torque instantly improved my skills as a turntablist. The stabilty amazed me, as I'm been scratching for about a combined 10 hours and it hasn't skipped yet. The 680Hp cartridges are excellent at holding their groove and the sound quality is also beautiful. The only two things that I found as a downside were the weight (36 pounds) and the Hyper White LED light is plug in and not pop-up. Being a mobile Dj it is a good thing to have a lot of weight when you are playing but bad when you are moving.

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The STR-8 150 is hefty 36 lbs 10 more than a Technics 1200. Excellent design layout for the club or battle dj in mind The cool blue light for strobe and picth makes it bad meaning good!

Features:

The 4.5 Hp motor most powerful in the game super fast start up. Never misses a beat or cue. The pack in Stanton 680 HP cartridge is a plus get's you up and running quick and sounds great. The straight arm is solid. The Pitch controls on the STR-8 is awesome you can even do Screw mixes. Reverse is great cool to use. Simple plug and play stylus light is practical and easy to change if needed And it's digital outs makes it cool for any studio application

Ease of Use:

Very easy right out the box operation! It's turntable for Dj's

Sound: Sounds great with the Stanton 680 Hp which I use on the turntable regularly.

Overall:

After 30 years of being a Dj/Producer I left the industry standard Technics 1200 for the STR-8 and I can say I'm not missing the 1200's at all

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GREAT Turntables the Stanton Str8-150, just got 2 of them last month.

The ("skip-proof" straight tone arm) are built first, and foremost with quality in mind.

Both models offer durable construction designed to minimize feedback, industry-leading with the HIGHEST torque motor out there.

So don't believe the hype about an (S-shape-tone-arm being better than a STR8) this simply isn't the case as both ship right outta the box with the same Stanton 680 .V3 carts and both are the same-price. Stanton just gives you 2 versions the ST.150 or the STR8.150

whatever your choice is you cannot go wrong with these, I've owned the Technics MK2's before, so don't listen to all the Tech-fan-boys

as they have never used any of these before, if they did, they would be SOLD.

sound quality is about the same as my old Techincs 1200's S-shape-tone-arms, I bought way back in the day with the Stanton 680HP carts (if you know how to set-up your (carts & tracking-grams correctly) these turntables never miss a beat. not a bad price too, if your a DJ pick up 2 of them TODAY, you won't be sorry you did :)

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Read dj website reviews, they are accurate. This is a great turntable.

A common problem is hum. I solved my hum problem by putting a 2-prong adapter on the 3-prong power cord. That completely eliminated a very loud hum. The turntable is now as quiet as all the other components I have connected.

Solutions seem to vary.

Hum can also be avoided by ONLY connecting the digital coax and using that; but then, I was having an occasional dropout problem. Solving the hum problem now seems the better way and I suspect may have also fixed the dropout problem.

I haven't tried the phono output.