Stanton ST.150

Hello,

The missing information is the problem with this deck, i have two of them, the heavy weight of the table is 'placed'in the metal upperdeck, instead of the underdeck, which is the standard oem-plate, so in combination with the ruberized feet, it gets quite fast unstable.
That's why i tighten all four feet and use hard plastic to set the deck flat, which ain't have to be a lot if your underground is allready set horizontal.
It's too bad they didn't used some extra weight in the lower deck, instead of everything i the upperdeck.
And with most oem-turntables, i'm still amazed that they are deliverd with a non calibrate tonearm and you have to do that yourself.
I have replaced some cheap parts on the deck, like the pre-amp of the line out and the ic's which are used for the powersuppl of the motor, replaced for a couple with more overhead and a larder coolingblock. But that ain't really a 'have to do'thing.... Only when recording the records i'd like to have a clean sound. Scratching goes perfectly, using the 44-7 and qbert and lately i mostly use analogue and the seldom skip.

I like the standard 680.v3 on a headshell where it comes with. Sounds very clear and it's not some cheapass unit, which often comes with a unit.
Looks are nice and with a suzuki slipmat it's a nice scratch table. I bought both for 380euro's a piece, which is a bargain...
Personally i think the 599euro's where it's often sold for a too high price, cause it's just another oem and i've had a synq oem, which also did the job fine...same torque,engine,tonearm,enz...Only without a digital output, but the a/d converter is also cheap in the stanton, s why use it....

It's a great looking deck....

gr.richard