Top positive review
17 people found this helpful
An excellent find.
By Chicky on Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2013
First of all, I can't believe how inexpensive this was! It's about the same price as the completely feature-absent model below it. A $250 turntable for $90 was a waving red flag, but I took a chance based on other reviews. I'm excited about this unit and have already done some successful recording. The included software is out of date and didn't function properly, so I skiped it and loaded Audacity via internet (super quick and easy). Here's what I've found: PRO: Inexpensive, but not at all cheap, and LOADED. Anti-skate, tone-arm balance, output gain control, pitch control, manual start/stop, soft-drop arm, belt drive, and usb - it's really a beautifully loaded unit, and personally, I really like the absence of the usual automatic arm functions. CON: If your intention is to frequently listen to entire record sides, this might not be the one for you due to the lack of auto-start and auto-reject functions. If you're used to a turntable that wakes-up and starts rotating as soon as the needle is over the record, keep in mind this one requires TWO on-switches to get it moving. The RCA cables are hard-wired to the unit, while the power cable is not. I've never seen an audio component like that! It's not a big deal, but seems backwards and becomes clumbsy if you only intend to use the unit through its usb port. On mine, the strobe is way off at 45rpm (fine at 33). I haven't tried to fix that yet, but there are two tiny speed-adjust ports underneath that might address that.
Top critical review
9 people found this helpful
Don't buy this TT, not worth $88 dollars
By Alonzo V. Pointer on Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2011
Received TT yesterday, connected to receiver and was very disappointed in sound reproduction, the needle/cartridge was the cheapest I've ever seen!! Used needle/cartridge from my Stanton TT and noticed a marked difference in the sound quality. Depressed the start/stop button and almost had a heart attack when the needle jumped/slid accross one of my favorite albums!! Booklet said depressing Start/Stop button will cause tone arm to return to it's cradle, it did not. Turntable feet are attached to springs, making the TT very bouncy-- not well constructed, TT is too light and feels like it's made of cardboard, the louder you play your speakers, the more it picks up sound vibrations. Owner's manual was a waste of paper, no instructions on how to balance the tone arm counter-weight, Depressing start/stop button only made the platter stop spinning-- nothing else. Manually moved tone arm to the end of a record to see if it would automatically return to the tone-arm cradle-- it did not. I would not recommend this turn table to a friend, PSSL has a much better quality TT and it only costs $11 dollars more. I can't wait to return this item, total waste of time and money.
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