A look at the Stanton 500.V3 cart/ stylus

In this video i take a look at the Stanton 500.V3 a good cheap cartridge for the vinyl DJ.
http://www.djsuperstore.co.uk/item/cartridges-styli-needles/046395-stanton-n5...£12.69
toon was greenskepers music , on the line , remixes, " it's a long distance" dub
http://www.djtutor.com/demos/styli

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Howto & Style

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• Stanton
• 500.V3
• dj
• tutor
• stanton
• 500styli
• needle
• cartridge
• turntable
• sl1200
• technics
• turntabal;ist
• santon
• stanon

[chazhs]

Johnathan, the AL500 MKII which you showed is no longer in production, the AL500 MK3 is its replacement. You can however put the AL500 MK3 styli on the AL500 MKII Carts.

So to sum up, buy AL500 MK3 styli for your AL500 MKII Cartridge!

[ellaskins]

to chazhs, thanks for the info!!!! j

[vinyljunkie07]

Stanton was the first manufacturer to make pro carts that you could back cue with in the 70's, their Hi-Fi and pro needles were amaznig. The 500 is ok, to be honest a better all round cart is the Shure M-35x or ortofon om dj for just a tad bit more. The 500 lacks good high end responce but has a nice bass.

The best sounding Stanton DJ needle to this day is the 680EL or 681SE and also imo the best sounding dj cart period! and I have used them all, Ortofon, Stanton, Shure and Audio Technica

[Khimil]

@nilessince1987 i'm no expert but I'd recall the tracking force to be somewhere between 3-5 grams.

As for the skipping, I believe it takes some time for the new stylus to "soften up" and there will be less skipping

[bobb3522222222222]

got the old stanton AL500 MKll it works great no skipping issues sound quality is good i do plenty scratching no issues works good for me.

[SiriusXAim]

Got the old Stanton 500 MkII as a remplacement cart for my Shure 44-7.

I love their old school look but I really don't like Stanton's new look... really.

Hopefully, you can find some generic stylus for the Mk2...

[nilessince1987]

hi mate, a few days ago I bought a new SYNQ xtrm-1 turntable as well as a Stanton 500V3 Cartridge/needle. I installed and adjusted everything as described in the little manual, but when scratching (or playback in reverse) the needle skips. I tried everything, went through all the steps again and again, the only thing that helps a little bit is making the tonearm heavier (4 grams), however in the store I was told that the Stanton 500V3 needs a Tracking Force of something in between 3 & 3.5 grams?

[MrMikkiFunk]

@chazhs Was going to ask this exact question. Maybe i'm a bit of an 'old dog' for loving the mk2 500 haha, but gonna need to get new needles soon lol.

[tdotrapper]

terrible for scratching skips a shit lot

[49kasey]

@TrowbridgeHardcore AARRGH!!! Well, good. While you're at it, change your cartridges to Sumiko Oysters. They're perfect for that arm, have spherical tips, track at 2.3 grams, are rugged like Stantons but sound way better and run about $70. And styli are pretty cheap. Best of luck to you.

[TrowbridgeHardcore]

@49kasey if i still had straight arms i would but i ditched the cheap stantons and bought a pair of sl1200's about 20 months ago