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Brand New! Stanton rediculous torque str8-150s and st-150
Just thought I'd let the world know.
Holy crap, it looks like companies are going for massive torque just listen to this:
This one is for the str8 series version:
STR8-150
In order to satisfy both analog purists and technology-heads, the 150 Series turntables are hybrids of analog and digital technology. Both feature a phono output as well as a line output. When using the phono output, the signal remains in the analog realm from the pick-up to the output. The line output however, gives access to the on-board, high quality digital key correction feature.
A strong motor and high-end technology coupled with a heavy duty steel body, the 150 series turntables are truly the strongest and most durable turntables ever created.
Super High Torque Direct Drive Motor [4.5 Kgf-cm]
Height Adjustable "STR8" Tone Arm
Start/Brake Speed Adjustment
Dual Start/Stop Buttons
Key Correction
Digital Output [S/PDIF]
Selectable Phono or Line Output
Reverse Play
Quartz Lock
Up to 50% Pitch Control
Motor Off Feature
Removable Target Light
Includes Headshell, Slipmat, all Cables and Stanton 680HP Cartridge
Heavy Duty Steel Faceplate
here's the link for more info. http://www.stantonmagnetics.com/alpha44/tt_str8-150.asp
Looks like another fierce competitor.
BTW, I only found one UK site offering them as "coming soon" products for 549 pounds each.
Stanton is just going crazy. I want these 
the st-150 IS blue!?!?>?1/281381998jadjsajd and the black str8-150..
nice. very nice.
OMG OMG OMG, steel face plate!!! FINALLY!
Oh baby they're nice. But I won't buy them in the near future. As of now they'll probably be a fair bit cheaper than the MK5G's, but alot more than the M3d's and it's rival the ttx1. Which is damn expensive. They'll be a price drop. I'll wait when I buy another pair. Decks seem to be coming out more frequently these days.
Oh yea... can someone tell me how you can change tonearms if you don't have a ttx1? I know it's simple and requires no tools on a ttx1, but I guess that means you can switch them with tools then?
Throw me a frikkin tonearm here.
Yea that's lame.
do these turntables have a magnetic motor like the techs/ttx1's?
and I just bought the 80s!!! argh....
but, I'm sure there isn't that much torque... There isn't enough torque unless I can sit on the TTs & they still spin 
OH MY GOD
4.5Kg/cm�... OH MY GOD. They look soo good and it has a steel plate...
549�, thats 766� and 883$ That is alot of money... but for a 4.5Kg/cm motor...
those look awsome in black! i thought the str8-100s looked awsome but these look even better 
actually i found them at www.planetdj.com for $500 USD each.
Much less than the original 540 pounds i first mentioned.
Maybe I might get a pair... I'll wait to first see the reviews before they launch and if they're all that I may just go for it.
... Wish I knew what would be the best choice with the ttx1's, tech mk3's and now this one around. Bah. I'm guessing power/stats-st/str8-150's, features-ttx1 and reliability-tech 12s. Whatever, just wait and see. I believe that appox 2 weeks is when they launch, If I do get them, I'll give you d00ds a personal rundown.
Let's not get carried away here people. Too much torque is a BAD thing! Yes it may start up very quickly, but what about when you want to beatmatch? It will require quite a bit more force to adjust the speed of the record. Slowing it down isn't too hard, but speeding it up, especially by spinning the nipple is very difficult. I think that the TTX1 pushes this limit. It is not very easy to speed the TTX1 up in very small portions. With even more torque, you'll have to work out just so that you can beatmatch!
You don't need a lawnmower engine to spin your records!
lol
first time I actually heard someone say "too much power!!! I can't control it!!!"
It's not coming out in a while, so it's not like im planning to buy them right now without checking them out. I don't understand why they would make a TT with so much power that it becomes too hard to control however. It doesn't make sense.
BTW, you got a TTX1? How is it?
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| Originally posted by Dj Flesch Let's not get carried away here people. Too much torque is a BAD thing! Yes it may start up very quickly, but what about when you want to beatmatch? It will require quite a bit more force to adjust the speed of the record. Slowing it down isn't too hard, but speeding it up, especially by spinning the nipple is very difficult. I think that the TTX1 pushes this limit. It is not very easy to speed the TTX1 up in very small portions. With even more torque, you'll have to work out just so that you can beatmatch! You don't need a lawnmower engine to spin your records! |
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| Originally posted by Dj Flesch Let's not get carried away here people. Too much torque is a BAD thing! Yes it may start up very quickly, but what about when you want to beatmatch? It will require quite a bit more force to adjust the speed of the record. |
funk all this new shiz.
I am still sleeping with my 12's every night.
kewl i am gonna trade in my STR8-100's for this some day hopefully...
oooooohhhh baby!!!!! niiiice! the big guns are comin' out!!!
50% pitch????? whaaatt???????? damn! hahah what the hell would you want that for unless you wanted to mess with some cool sounds? (like maybe play gabber at 140, haha)
nice though.
for the guy who said, oh no i just bought the 80s! don't worry about it. i have the str8-80s, they're great tts. well they're not the 150s but they have almost as many features and also have blue lights, and i thiiink the faceplate is replaceable. or maybe i'm just thinking of my stanton mixer for that.
anyway it's gonna be a while before i get new dex, i'm happy with the 80s.
but if i were rich...oooh!
heh... well it would seem that stanton wasn't entirely original in their 4.5 kg starting torque.
It looks like they may have even copied it from other tables, then again they could have been copied too.
Anyways there appears to be 2 nearly identical tables to the 150s coming out at the same time.
The American Audio HTD 4.5 and the Citronic PD-45 Ultima.
Links: http://www.adjaudio.com/product.asp...&cat=Turntables
and
http://www.citronic.com/pd45.html
whats the deal? The TT market is getting too saturated!!!
Although I've never heard anything particularly great from either of these companies, but you never know.
yea i forgot to add.
It looks like the specs for the torque on the TTs aren't final. On 2 more sites that are selling the tables, they don't specify the amount of torque in their specs, perhaps suggesting that after the release they could possibly be different. One of the sites was htfr and the other one... i forget. I just ran a search on google.
is that 4.5 kg/cm startup torque or sustained torque?
if its startup, big shit...who cares if your tables can start up with a lot of torque haha its useless...how many times do you need your tables to start with the force of a mac truck?
if its sustained torque, well even that is pretty useless
i don't get the idea that more torque is better
once you get to a certain point it just becomes redundant
the only amount of torque you need is enough sot hat when you cue the records you don't effect the platters speed...and im pretty sure that 3.3 kg/cm is still MORE than enough torque
when will people realize that torque doesn't mean shit, what you should be really concerned with is the wow & flutter...i.e. how well the pitch is sustained
the reason why techs are at the top of the field is because they have the best sustained pitch
one thing i like about these tables though are the option for phono or line out...i think that's great so you can choose between analog which will give you a more accurate pitch of the two, or digital which will allow you to have the key correction
aside from the phono/line out option, i don't really see anything special about these tables...but again that is just MY opinion
the htd 4.5 and pd45 r obviously the same deck under different names
as posted in another thread, is so much power even needed??? How often do you stop your decks from spinning?? What you should be more worried about is consistency... 
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| Originally posted by Busy Child OMG OMG OMG, steel face plate!!! FINALLY! |
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