Buying a Stanton 680HIFI Cartridge in the UK?

[freefallrob]

Hi does anyone know anywhere you can buy a stanton 680 HIFI cart in the UK at all ? I've searched the net to no avail....

Any ideas ?

Many thanks,

Rob.

 

[darrylfunk]

hi there

try some dj retailers like sapphires , dj superstore or pas.

http://www.proaudiosystems.co.uk/

or hard to find records birmingham.

or try the audio technica atp2xn cart i think it sounds better.

 

[greg]

I personally never found the Stanton 680 anything special. i havent tried the Audio Technica, but I find the Ortofon Nightclubs surprisingly good. Much better than the Stanton Roger Sanchez thingy.

 

[ListeningEar]

Ortofon's 'Concord' type offerings will give much better sound quality than Stanton IMHO.
Stanton have made reliable cart's in the 500 series for years, but to be honest, I never really felt the 680 offered much of an improvement for the extra cost.
Of course, I presume we are talking about this being mounted on a DJ' turntable of some kind, say a Technics 1210 or Vestax?
If it's not on a DJ type turntable why not try a high output MC cartridge (which means you can use it on an MM phono stage). I had many years joy with an Audio Technica OC-9,...that was quite some years ago now though

 

[freefallrob]

Thankyou for your replies, i've found what I need now but it involves a slight ( but better ! ) change of plan.

Cheers,

Rob.