Stanton STR8-80 Direct Drive Digital Turntable

by Stanton

Product Details

Product Manual [613kb PDF]

• Product Dimensions: 17.7 x 13.8 x 5.8 inches ; 22.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 28 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006FXFU
• Item model number: STR8-80
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,649 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
  • #4 in Musical Instruments > DJ, Electronic Music & Karaoke > DJ Equipment > Turntables > Direct Drive
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 6, 2002

Product Description

The STR8-80 extends Stanton's exciting line of professional straight tone arm turntables to an awesome level of form and function. The STR8-80 employs Stanton's highest torque direct drive motor to date, plus many features highly prized by today's professional DJs. 3 speeds - 33, 45, 78 RPM Selectable pitch adjustment (± 8%, 12%) Blue 33 and 45 RPM Pitch LEDs Remote Start S/PDIF digital output -- plug straight into Mac/PC or CD-R Includes dust cover and slipmat Comes with Stanton 520 SK DJ Cartridge pre-mounted on silver headshell Dimensions - 5.82H x 17.7W x 13.85D

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for the price - Lengthy but informative review, December 13, 2006

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R. Naganathan (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stanton STR8-80 Direct Drive Digital Turntable (Electronics)

I have been using these for a year and a half. These turntables are ideal for people who want to try DJing out. These aren't the best for anyone who wants turntables for pro applications. I would have to disagree with Mike about beat matching. If you know how to beat match, these are very good. They start and stop instantaneously, and hold their speed perfectly. These turntables have an equal torque to the Technics 1200, but less than some numark and other stanton turntables. You don't need all the extra torque to DJ. You can beat match and scratch very well with these.
There are two things you must consider when buying turntables. Firstly, you have to decide whether you are going to DJ or just listen to music. If you are just listening, you need an S-shaped tone arm. These turntables have straight tone arms. The S-shaped gives superior sound quality, so this is not the deck for you. If you are DJing, this is better for scratching than mixing, because mixing is better with better sound quality. So mixing is better with an S-shaped ton arm. If you are doing both scratching and mixing, I say go with the S-shaped, and use scratch needles with extra weight - but only scratch records that you aren't afraid of ruining. There are many different straight and S-shaped turntables. Your style makes your choice.
The only gripe I have with the STR8-80 is that the body is made of plastic. If you want your turntables to last a very long time, plastic is unacceptable. Go with the stanton 150s or technics 1200s. Another feature that this turntable doesn't have that the two aforementioned do is the ability to change the height of the tone arm for stabilty.
This is better for newbies, like me when I started.
I just regret not saving up for a few more weeks, to get a longer lasting set. These have been good to me so far, but I don't have faith in their plastic bodies.
Here's a tip for if you do buy turntables like this, that have key correction. Sure the key correction is a cool little tool, but you sacrifice sound quality and volume. You shouldn't really mix songs that are have very dissimilar tempos, so use phono output (louder and does not allow key correction).

31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nothing like the sound of vinyl!!!!!!!, January 28, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Stanton STR8-80 Direct Drive Digital Turntable (Electronics)

This player is so awesome.The sound is great and it is fancy,the looks are so cool.The straight tonearm is the way to go.For all you analog freaks dont be alarmed by the digital part.You get full analog with the red and white cables which has a built in preamp.The digital part is for your computer or hooking up other stuff.For sound i give it a 5.(Whoever thinks digital music is better is a true moron).Durability I give it a 5.This machine is a beast.Accually I give everything about this player a 5.Just dont be frightened because its a djs turntable,i just listen to vinyl on mine and im glad I got a djs turntable.

28 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Plays 78s!, May 12, 2004

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P. Walsh "greypatches" (Missouri USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stanton STR8-80 Direct Drive Digital Turntable (Electronics)

Yes it costs more than other brands, but it plays the old 78s I got from my dad, and it plays them about as flawlessly as I could have hoped for, in records that are over 50 years old. I do not use it for any of the dj features nor have I tried to hook it up to my computer, but it is nice to know I can try to copy records to my hard drive and make .mp3s, whenever I have time. heck, I hardly have time to write a review.
This turntable was worth it for me, for the 78 speed.