Kalman Rubinson wrote:

Don't do it. First, the site I found this on indicates that it only
has digital outputs. Second, it has a straight arm useful for DJ but
it will wreak havoc on your LPs.

You're right on the sites, but the manual says it has analog outputs (I think)
http://www.stantondj.com/pdf_files/m...ers_manual.pdf
which is a link from
http://www.stantondj.com/alpha44/load.asp?page=str880

==
(page 7, conveniently printed sideways)
Analog connections
1. Connect the left (white) and right (red) plugs RCA cord to the mixer or
amplifier's left and right ``phono'' inputs. If your mixer or amplifier does not
have phono inputs [that's me!], you may swith the turntable outputs to ``line''
and connect to your mixer or amplifier's ``line'' or ``aux'' inputs.
==

Of course it is not reassuring that the sellers say it's digital only.

How does a straight arm damage the records? (Why would they make straight arms
if so?)

Sort of on first principles, the shape of the metal between cartridge and pivot doesn't
matter except for moments of inertia, it seems to me.

My Gerard 0-100 had a pivoting cartridge to eliminate tracking error but as I said, it's dead.
The arm however was straight on it.
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