That's great info, thanks a lot! I wouldn't have realised that about the torque & pitch control, & it's high time I learned to beatmatch properly.Da hand wrote:Hard to say without trying them out, but from the description some things stand out that you should take into consideration:
1. The pitch control is much shorter than most turntables out there. This will be a huge disadvantage in beatmatching as you will have less precision in controlling the speed of the platter (less distance on the pitch control to adjust the same BMP/speed change).
2. Torque - it says greater than 1 kg-cm - but that is a little vague. 1kg-cm is a bit low. Technics are 1.5 kg-cm. Numarks are higher at around 1.7 km-cm. The higher the torque, the faster the turntable will react to launching records and scratching, and will feel smoother when changing speeds.
3. No dust cover - very useful in keeping your decks clean for use.
4. No cue light - useful in dropping the needle on the record in dark conditions (this is not crucial, but useful)
On the plus side, it is a direct-drive - which is essential for DJing.
I hadn't considered a test drive! Could be expensive from Ireland, but I might check out local dealers. I like the pitch slider set up so you move away from you to pitch up - that's the standard right? I can't understand why e.g. Traktor has it the other way round and won't let you invert it...djsynchro wrote:Hard to say without trying it out. A friend of mine had imitation Sl's and the pitch slider worked the wrong way round. By the way Technics themselves made pichable CD plyers (really expensive ones, oly ever saw them in a radio studio) where the pitch slider worked the wron way round too.
You got 30 days to send it back I think.
No.rozling wrote:
I like the pitch slider set up so you move away from you to pitch up - that's the standard right?
I've always had the luxury of Live beatmatching for me unless I ran out of time to warp a track. I don't know tbh with the torque on the Stanton....hang on....quick google....rozling wrote:Oh yeah almost forgot - I like the cut of that Stanton drive's jib. Annoyingly I can't find mention of torque even on the product page, but it's a nice looking bit of kit, as is the Numark TT 1650 at the same price point.
Yes, if your decks at home are inferior and you start playing out on better ones, you will see a difference. Although, I would say that adjusting to better equipment will be quite easy, but then you will begin getting frustrated with your equipment at home. So the more you start playing out, the more you will see yourself having to adjust on your (inferior) home equipment.rozling wrote: It occurs to me that the clubs I'll be playing at will probably have at least halfway decent decks, so the specs that you mention will probably be good on those machines. Probably better to be familiar with something closer to what I'll be using rather than get a surprise in terms of difference in feel etc.
typicalrozling wrote:Just put in an order for the Stanton, just as Thomann added another entry-level American Audio deck (same as the one above but with USB output).
Thanks a lot for the advice everyone
