Not sure what is the logic for placing the gain adjustment there. No way to adjust the gain durring a playback unless there is an opening through the table/stand the unit is place on. A nusance is the gain adjustment which is located at the bottom side of the unit. (Perhaps an extra open-cell-foam rubber mat placed between the platter and the felt mat might help) This ability to pick up noise through the platter also picks up a trace amount of motor noise. For instance, one time durring a recording through a slient track, I was able to pick up my wife's voice talking to me. This turntable has the minimum of the important basic features that a turn table should have such as, quick screw off of the cartridge, anti-skiping dial, tone arm counter wieght, wide rubber adjustable feet, 33 and 45 rpm speeds, belt drive, two easy to access start/stop buttons, and magnetic cartrige.Įven though it came with a non-static with felt mat there is still a considerable amout of noise that seems to come through the platter. I just put mine away in the original box, or just lay a clean cloth cover over it if I plan to leave it out for the next day, but this not the reason I give it a seven rating. This particular model lacks a cover so be prepare to wipe of dust often before using. Good budget turntable for beginners and for those who just want to convert their old album collection to digital files with fairly resonable quality. If you are on a tight budget go to eBay and get just about anything else used and it will sound better for less $$$ than this thing. For not much more money you can buy new the vastly superior Audio Technica PL120USB. It is cheaply made and overpriced even at that for what it is and has nothing to recommend it. It would be difficult for me to say anything nice about this sorry junk. I sure would have been upset if I had laid out money for it. Cheap construction, low manufacturing tolerances. It had a very noticeable random variation in pitch and it was brand new! The tone arm had a lot of play and the overall sound was surprisingly bad. I was amazed that it was a belt drive since it sounded so noisy. It had so much rumble that I thought they had brought back the old idler wheel technology. I figured an extra turntable would not be bad especially since it was free. Not worth it for the money it is flimsy, prone to the slightest vibration, runs to fast and comes with the worlds worst cartridge! Also USB out is noisy.Ī friend gave me this because he waited too long to return it before setting it up and realized he had been had.
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