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Author: DJEquip // Category:
Eventide Timefactor
I ordered this turntable for my significant other for Christmas. I did a little research before purchasing because I had no idea what I should be looking for in a turntable. I read that Stanton was a trusted brand and went with it.
It works great, we’ve had no issues with it. We use the table 3-4x a week. Beautiful sound. Easy to use.
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Tags: Beautiful Sound, Christmas, Keyword, Stanton, Turntable
July 29th, 2010 at 10:07 pm
Initially I didn’t have any problem with my 4GB Sandisk Ultra II SD cards. But on the same weekend, I had 2 fail on me which prompted me to switch completely to Lexar. I’ve used Lexar Pro CF cards professionally with absolutely no issues. So I figured I’d test out the Lexar Pro SD cards as well. They’ve been going strong for almost 2 months now with no issues. Only time will tell, but if this experience matches my other experiences with Lexar (over 6 years now), I only have the highest of expectations regarding reliability and speed. 2 thumbs up from a pro photog!
July 30th, 2010 at 10:49 am
I have several brands of 8 GB cards for my Nikon d80 – this one, a Sandisk Extreme III and the Transcend sold here at Amazon. Of the three, this one is the fastest. If you shoot continuous frequently, you’re going to want this one on hand, as it has the shortest lag time I’ve seen. Reviewing shots is instantaneous, and download to your computer is lightning fast.
I shoot quite a lot, and in my experience before buying the Lexar, you get a shot that just won’t read properly off of the card every 1000 shots or so on average. Not so with the Lexar, been using it about 7 months, probably 8000+ shots and no errors whatsoever.
You’re going to pay a premium for this one, but it pays off in reliability and speed. My other cards have been on backup duty (and are very bored).
July 30th, 2010 at 10:19 pm
For use with my Panasonic L1 and sometimes as hard drive is works perfectly, have speed and big enough.
Is durable and reliable too.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:10 am
For those that take photos using a digital camera, invest the few extra dollars in a proffessional card like this one. Using my Nikon D80 I immediately noticed the improved speed of performance in capturing the high resolution pictures I was taking. For the 20,000+ pictures I taken this year, this card has been rock solid for over 9 months so far.
July 31st, 2010 at 10:58 pm
I’ve connected the T92 to my Yamaha and I’ve started to enjoy an excellent sound! I’ve replaced my old Kenwood turntable and my home now sound like a real Disco.
Excellent sound response for bass and treble.
This turntable is solid and very good made.
Thing to improve: AC outlet, it is easy to disconnect the ac cable accidentaly.
August 1st, 2010 at 10:15 am
Overall, I am fairly satisfied with the turntable. It has been at least 15 years since my Technics spun records so I don’t have fresh memories of how things sounded that long ago. I will say that my 30 year old high school varsity band album sounds as good as I remember it sounding many years ago. I have noticed a slight imbalance in the platter but at this price point, it is probably expected.
The Good
- Build quality seems good overall
- Needle and cartridge come with turntable
- Setup was easy
Not So Good
- Platter isn’t flat(or balanced)
- Software supplied is poor (not user friendly and after completing my first album and saving, it crashes trying to open saved project…get Audacity
- Had some trouble with USB connection
I would have given 4.5 stars if it weren’t for the platter and stinky software.
August 1st, 2010 at 10:50 pm
After my 40-year-old Dual died, I selected this unit as its replacement. The sound quality is quite good – comparable with the Dual. The USB output is also a bonus. At $199 it really couldn’t be beat. I see now that the (Amazon) price has been raised to nearly $300. I probably wouldn’t buy it at that price.
The good:
* includes a decent cartridge and stylus (about a $40 value right there)
* Plenty of mass on the turntable platter
* Counterweight and anti-skating controls all work as they should.
* USB output works like it should
* Built in preamp can be turned on or off. Nice feature if your pre-amp or receiver does or doesn’t have a phono input.
* Pitch control and strobe all seem to work like they should
* three speed (lots of turntables only have two)
* Fairly easy set-up – especially if you have experience with turntables.
* Nice layout on the controls
* Quiet
* Very good sound quality
* Beautiful industrial look to the whole unit
Not so good:
* No leveling controls – a minor annoyance
* The cloth dust cover is sort of useful – I’d like at least an option to buy a hard acrylic cover or something similar. Stanton doesn’t make one – perhaps a 3rd-party vendor will offer one soon.
* The included software isn’t too good – but I really didn’t expect it to be.
* If you download the owner’s manual from Stanton’s web site, you’ll notice that one illustration shows that the unit has a tone-arm lifting lever. That’s a mistake, this unit does not have one. (not a huge deal for me – but a bit misleading)
* The included USB cable is pretty short – I would think most folks would need would need something at least a couple of feet longer.
If you can find one of these still for $200 – it’s probably the best in that price range. If you’re willing to pay $300 or more, there are better options.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:09 am
I bought this turntable to replace a belt Sony PS-LX300USB USB Stereo Turntable System – Black . I really had many problems with that belt turntable (skipping and tone arm not responding to stop button) so I decided to get a direct drive turntable.
The anti skating system is great and after using the turntable for more than two months I’ve never had a skip!!!
The construction is really solid and setup was easy following the little instructions they provide.
The usb conection and software provided are easy to use and the few test I’ve made tranfering lp’s to mp3 were great.
August 2nd, 2010 at 10:29 pm
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.
August 3rd, 2010 at 10:55 am
I bought this card for my Canon 30D (5 fps). It keeps up beautifully. It’s fast, and it’s reliable. What more can you ask for?
August 3rd, 2010 at 11:01 pm
This is an extraordinarily fast card and a great value. I purchased it used and it gives lightning fast performance, allowing me to get the most out of my Canon 40D.
August 4th, 2010 at 10:47 am
As is the case with all Lexar products, this CF card is fast and reliable. As a professional I have tried many different brands of peripheral equipment, scanners, printers, studio lights and so on. Through the first couple years of digital photography, testing the memory cards was no different. Unfortunately I paid the price for some. I have had “DelkinDevice” cards that seemed to work fine until you attempt to download the images and then give you corrupt data. I have had “SanDisk” cards that will stop writing data and freeze a camera. And lets not even talk about the cheap mans “ProMaster”. Sure there are data recovery applications that can help with some of these issues but when you are being paid top dollar for your images risking it just isn’t smart. I have yet to have even the slightest problem with a “Lexar” card. Even in the beginning when write/read speeds were only 4x and 8x the lexars were always quick and never gave any problems with data, and now with their high speed professional series, has to me, completely set the standard. My company only uses Lexar media now and I’m proud to say that. 4 thumbs up!