Customer Reviews

Stanton STR8150 High Torque Direct Drive DJ Turntable

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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.

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.

I've had two of these shipped to me in the last week. Both showed up DOA. I contacted Stanton Technical Support, fully described how I followed all directions, hit all the right switches, etc., etc. Nothing happened. No nada. Motor did not run, the unit did not light up. The best they could suggest was that it would require factory service to replace a fuse. For a brand new, $400+ turntable? No thanks. Contrary to the maxim that the third time is the charm, I will take a refund.

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.

I know technics are the industry standard, but stanton makes some quality tables for a lower price. They can do everything you want, play in reverse, counterweight, play 78rpm singles. I'm not a DJ so I'm not the most qualified person to review turntables but I promise you that these tables will play your records perfect. These things sound amazing.