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Question: What would be a good aftermarket needle to purchase?
Document: This is a really great turntable.One thing I would suggest out of the gate (which should be obvious) is to buy your own slip mat. The one that comes with it is junk. Honestly though, who cares. It's a very durable (I let my 9 year old scratch on it for kicks).Also, the needle sounds great, and is durable as well.
Package arrived sooner than estimated delivery date, very well packed in a durable box and in perfect working order when unwrapped. Sound quality is amazing! Comes with a cloth-material dust cover for when record player is not in use. Would preffer maybe a plastic cover to protect but I believe they are sold seperately. Extremely happy with this purchase!
Good unit  but I wish it had a tone arm lifting lever so I would not have to lift it manually.
I use this table for my own entertainment and hobby, not in any professional use. So far it has been exceptional when I play around with my mixes, and use it for scratching and recording scratch samples. It met my expectations also in regular record playing. The  cartridge and needle that comes with this table sounds good for both uses.Only thing to be careful is, the clamp that holds the arm in place is made out of plastic and very fragile, and with little pull pressure, it snapped.
Doesn't give me a good impression of the Stanton quality assurance program but the unit still works. To get five stars from me it would have to have a tonearm lever to raise it up or down, and a working RCA. Yeah I know it's a DJ table but is the lever too much to ask?UPDATE: Two things that bug me. First, I've tried and tried to set up the tonearm and it still skips if I even walk across the floor.
I would never use a turntable to scratch records but I figured one made for this purpose would be very durable and I wanted to try direct drive. This unit is solid and sounds good. Notes:  1) It only has a cloth cover which is fine for me  2) Make sure you have a preamp or integrated-amp that has standard phono input with ground. 3) Easy to setup and use. 4) I like the way the platter can be stopped and started so quickly.
Secondly, apparently it's still on when you push stop and turn the power off. I found this out the hard way when the needle dropped on the record when the unit was off.
This vinyl player is just amazing. I almost can't explain in words what this player has done to my listening experiences. The only thing you need to add to this purchase is a 20 to 30 dollar preamp. This will boost the sound from the player to an unequaled level. I can't stop buying vinyls. The sound is beautiful.
If you "throw" the cue into the spin, it's even worse because the momentum of the throw falls back into the HORRIBLE speed curve: so you hear it quickly speed up then slow down then get back to speed.If all you want to do is listen to records - there are cheaper options - after all - the most important parts of the listening experience will be the quality of your record, the cartridge(needle), and your amp/speakers.
This is a really nice turntable, great for the audiophile smooth playing solid built and for the price this was a no regrets purchase. If I crank the volume up full I can barely hear a hum This turntable is paired with my Yaqin 100B Integrated tube amp. Incredible sounds!!! Also nice it's fully manual with a tube amp this works well since you can't leave a tube amp alone.
Answer: I bought the turntable on the recommendation of a friend who is a professional dj... he told me that for casual listening, the included stylus was fine.  If you are still interested in upgrading, I can ask him if you like.