curved needles are designed to pull away some of the force to keep the needle from sliding clean accross the record and damaging it.

those numark table with like play and pause buttons on each of the four corners have straight tonearms. but they are a little more durable because they are designed for scratching. now the tonearm on the stanton is not as heavy as a 1200s. however if you can posistion your hand without jerking the tonearm to hard you can do some seriously clean mixing. I mean flawless styles of mixing. mixing so clean that you would eraticate every other dj on the planet because no one mixes that good. that is the benefit of the pitch bend you can ride the hell out of it and make it silky smooth without even touching the record.

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Originally posted by Dj Dizzy You solved it! I had done everything to make sure the tonearm was completely flat/parallel and had everything down to a science. 2.5 grams on the counter weight, zero anti-skating, tonearm height set to zero but still had the problem (it only got worse when experimented with different adjustments on the tonearm height and anti-skating). So I followed your advise about using a level and horizontally everything was perfect but vertically (front to back) both tables were way off! I raised the front to even it up and the problem was much better. Like I said earlier the problem happened on all my vinyls but some more than others, I used The Roc Project - Never (so i'm a little outdated) because I could easily replicate the problem with this vinyl easier than in the others but it's in perfect condition so i knew it wasn't the vinyl. i actually had to TRY to get the problem to come back for it to jump again (happened about 75% of the time before now it took me 4-5 tries before it jumped). then i looked at the tonearm height again, since i had raised the front of the turntables of course it made what was a perfect parallel tonearm before the adjustment now look a big angled so then I adjusted the tonearm height a little bit and everything looked perfectly level. Now it's not doing it anymore at all, this is so great, you have no idea how many times this problem has f'ed me and made me rush into a mix all because it jumped so much! I would've never thought to use a level! You guys are a lifesaver, and geniuses I might add

Glad you got it sorted! - it drove me absolutely crazy when I bought my new set up, and it was only when I was looking at the platform I made for the decks that I realised it had a slight slope (so the back was a tiny bit higher than the front) I put a support under the platform to raise the front and it was like christmas and birthday at once.

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Originally posted by Ugly Duckling STANTON STR8 100s are the perfect turntables on the face of the planet. although the pitch bend button can get stuck and they are not as durable as technics I would prefer them over any turntable. PITCH BEND SELLS ITSELF> you know those turntables were like 700 dollars a piece when they first came out.

I love those ******s, I bought the first two used for like 450 and a third about a year ago for 300. I love ebay. Yeah the pitch bend can get stuck but I've never had that prblem. The torque tho on those TTs? Very nice... Fuck me its a great turntable I reccomend.

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Originally posted by RJT I think it's more like throwing a baby shower for an abortion.

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Originally posted by Kevy Kev When I lived in Vegas I once peed in the elevator at the MGM, cut it off mid stream to let a family get in then finished peeing when they got out of the elevator.

the torque sucks, you have to be super gentle to keep the needle from flying everywhere but the pitch bend is awesome. i got my pitch bend stuck one time and had to disassemble the chasis it looks like a bomb on the inside it is awesome.

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