Fantastic Value
Twenty years ago one would have had to spend several hundred dollars to get a non-portable turntable with no internal speakers or much of anything else in the way of electronics, and the result would have been no better than this machine.The tone arm float control is every bit as good as the Denon that I had back in the day. The sound out of the internal electronics and speaker is also amazingly good. The digital revolution marches on. If you buy it, make sure that you keep the little white nylon cartridge and needle protector that comes with it. You will want to put it on when the machine is not in use, or basically anytime you are locking the tone arm to its rest.
I have seen a few reviewers complain about the tone arm being out of balance when they received it. When I got mine, the tone arm was not locked in position. Also, the AC power pack had been hastily rewound by hand, so it had definitely been opened previously. So while the outer package by Amazon was great and the regular factory packaging was undamaged, the care with which it was put in its factory box was not good. They should have put a rubber band or twist tie on the tone arm lock, or perhaps an inner styrofoam block. So the risk of getting one that doesn't beat itself up and get out of balance during shipment is definitely real. Looking at the other ratings I'm guessing that it happens around 2-5% of the time. Mine survived transport by UPS just fine, and I'm a happy camper, but the risk of damage in transit is quite real.
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