A look at the Stanton 500.V3 cart/ stylus

Alright folks, still get loads of people asking me about what needles, what stylite to buy. Alright, now these guys here are from a company called Stanton. They're known as the 500B. Now I got these from DJ Superstore. The reason I'm doing this video is simply to explain you do not have to spend vast amounts of money to get stylite. You know, don't please think that if you spend 3, 4, 500 quid or 2, 300 quid whatever, you know, you're going to be better just because you spent that money. That's incorrect. You don't have to spend vast amounts. Now these guys here are relatively inexpensive. Now very quickly, here are the parts. The top area there is the head shell. That guy there is known as the cartridge and then the white bit is the housing for the needle or the styli which is in between the vinyl.

And that white bit there. Right, now I'll take that off. By the way, follow all links in the description and I will put the name of the track because people are always asking me what tracks I'm playing. I'll put that in the description as well. Now, tell me, do they still make these? I haven't seen them in ages. That is an original housing for an old school Stanton 500. If I grab one here. There it is. There's the old original Stanton 500. Bit blurry. There it is. And that would sit there. So, that's what they used to look like. The reason it's all wobbly is because the needle is completely broken off there. So that's what it used to look like, like so. And then if we compare that from that to that. So, we've got a bit more of a slicker looking styli. Now again, if you set the arm of your turntable correctly, then these guys theoretically should not jump all about the place.

They should last a long time if you look after them and the sound quality is very good. Right, so what I'm going to do... By the way, this particular record is slightly warped so it does spin one hell of a lot. It's still going now. Still going. But I'll give you a bit of a demo. Here we go. Right, just a bit of a look at these guys here. Blurred look from a company called Stanton known as the 500Bs. Practice and enjoy.

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