I was given a Stanton STR8-30 turntable, I don't do alot of vinyl play but some and enjoy it, will this table be ok to listen to my records on? I keep hearing this table will damage my records.Thanks
Audio Players & Recorders - Stanton
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Not sure how a turntable will damage a vinyl record - the turntable merely turns the record at the right speed and it is the user's task to ensure the unit is level, the tone arm is in good order, a suitable cartridge and stylus is installed and the correct adjustment of stylus playing weight has been checked. A record deck is not really a plug-and-play unit but more a hobby; requiring tools (spirit level, magnifier, stylus balance) and a certain amount of skill and knowledge.
S-shaped tone arm does provide a better compromise for use with an elliptical stylus and it is true a straight tonearm is a bit basic and mostly suitable for a conical stylus but if the weight is correctly adjusted it shouldn't damage the records.
No tonearm offers perfect geometry and it is all a compromise - all efforts to produce perfect tracking mechanisms have been unreliable failures or prohibitively expensive, often both. Elliptical stylus and an S-shaped tonearm does provide hi-fi reproduction, though only when used with an amplifier with RIAA equalisation.