Newer Direct Drive TT's

[daviethek]

I noticed that Stanton and Audio Technica both have handsome looking Technics 1200 clones at around 500.00, give or take. Any experience with these decks for straight Hi-Fi? Are these Chinese decks? Cheers

Stanton STR8.150 - DJ Equipment, DJ Gear, Phono Cartridges & Needles, DJ Mixer, DJ Turntables, Headphones, CD Players (http://www.stantondj.com/stanton-turntables/str8-150.html)

AT-LP240-USB Audio-Technica AT-LP240-USB Direct-Drive Turntable, USB and Analog (http://www.adorama.com/AUATLP240USB.html?refby)

[02audionoob]

That turntable shows up with several names, including those two. It's sort of famous on the interwebs -

super oem turntable - Google Search (http://www.google.com/search?q=super+oem+turntable&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)