Comments on: Stanton T55usb Usb Belt-drive Dj Turntable With 500.v3 Guitar Capo http://www.yiddishmusical.org/stanton-t55usb-usb-belt-drive-dj-turntable-with-500-v3-cartridge/ Tue, 28 Dec 2010 13:24:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: T. Walls http://www.yiddishmusical.org/stanton-t55usb-usb-belt-drive-dj-turntable-with-500-v3-cartridge/comment-page-1/#comment-555 T. Walls Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:45:46 +0000 http://www.yiddishmusical.org/stanton-t55usb-usb-belt-drive-dj-turntable-with-500-v3-cartridge/#comment-555 I reviewed a number of turntables and decided on this one. It was a good choice. The delivery was on time and it did not take very long to set it up. I chose to use the line-in mode as I have a good soundcard on the PC and prefer not to burden it with extra USB drivers if it is not necessary. Based on reading the reviews, I had already downloaded the latest Audacity and played with it a little bit so there was nothing extra to do with that. The overall turntable setup took about 30 minutes including balancing the stylus. <br /> <br />My first run-through was just setting it up and playing an album to see how it operates. I didn't initially get a cleaning kit and soon discovered (relearning lessons from many, many years ago) one is absolutely needed. The last time I had a turntable was when any albums I purchased I kept protected and cleaned etc. The album I chose (One that was never put to CD and had to find it online) was produced back in the 80s (and therefore used). It was not in 'mint' condition so it had a number of 'pops' and 'clicks' on it. The cleaner took most of them out. Audacity was able to cleanup what was left except for a couple of songs. <br /> <br />I won't go into too much other detail about recording the album to the PC as this review is about the turntable. I will say it was worth searching the net for information on using Audacity and what is recommended etc. <br /> <br />I have had the turntable about a month now and have run through a number of albums at different times. I do like the pitch adjustment as the turntable has a built in strobe so you can keep the speed accurate. There has been no problems with the turntable and it seems to be the same reliable type of turntable I experienced from Stanton 'back in the day'. Only this time I can feed it directly into the PC. I like that. I reviewed a number of turntables and decided on this one. It was a good choice. The delivery was on time and it did not take very long to set it up. I chose to use the line-in mode as I have a good soundcard on the PC and prefer not to burden it with extra USB drivers if it is not necessary. Based on reading the reviews, I had already downloaded the latest Audacity and played with it a little bit so there was nothing extra to do with that. The overall turntable setup took about 30 minutes including balancing the stylus.

My first run-through was just setting it up and playing an album to see how it operates. I didn’t initially get a cleaning kit and soon discovered (relearning lessons from many, many years ago) one is absolutely needed. The last time I had a turntable was when any albums I purchased I kept protected and cleaned etc. The album I chose (One that was never put to CD and had to find it online) was produced back in the 80s (and therefore used). It was not in ‘mint’ condition so it had a number of ‘pops’ and ‘clicks’ on it. The cleaner took most of them out. Audacity was able to cleanup what was left except for a couple of songs.

I won’t go into too much other detail about recording the album to the PC as this review is about the turntable. I will say it was worth searching the net for information on using Audacity and what is recommended etc.

I have had the turntable about a month now and have run through a number of albums at different times. I do like the pitch adjustment as the turntable has a built in strobe so you can keep the speed accurate. There has been no problems with the turntable and it seems to be the same reliable type of turntable I experienced from Stanton ‘back in the day’. Only this time I can feed it directly into the PC. I like that.

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