Customer Ratings & Reviews

This is the third of the Audio-Technica turntables we've purchased - not because they've failed, but because we wanted one in several rooms...so three it is! The sound quality is great and it plays our vinyl well. For home stereo use, this is an excellent choice for listening to the warm sound of your LP collection.

What a huge difference! Highly recommend this one especially if you are new to turntables. Please do research how to set this up before playing any other records. That way you don’t mess up the needle or vinyl. Once you get it going it’s beautiful!

I wanted to start listening to my vinyls again after a long period of time. I use to have a Dual but have no Idea what happened to it. I paid about $600.00 back in the 70's so it not a cheap one. So i found this one looked at all the reviews and decided to buy it. i have not been disapointed in the purchase

OMG!! I was a little nervous about purchasing a new turntable. I haven't had one in about a year after my Pioneer stopped working. I truly love this turntable!! The sound quality and features are just what I was looking for and ending up being perfect for me. Heck, my wife even enjoys playing vinyl on it.

A definite improvement over the other turntables I've been using to convert my vinyl lps to digital. I did have a problem with the album slipping on the felt pad that was provided with the turntable, but all I had to do was contact Audio Technica and they sent me a rubber mat with no problems. Excellent service.

I bought this item more to clean records on before I played them on my 48 year old Dual 1219 record changer & player. The man who got my Dual working advised me not to put very much strain on it. This means that any method of cleaning a record with a cleaning pad as the record rotates would strain my Dual & shouldn't be done on it. Since this model has direct drive for the turntable it will be better than the models that have belt drive. I've not used it much so far but so far it's worked fine & wasn't that hard to assemble.

This product is exactly as advertised. I really like the adjustable counterweight and anti-skate. It is of a high quality for the price paid. I would only maybe hope for automatic action in addition to this manual turntable, but I an very happy with everything included. It looks great on my sideboard.

This is the bare-minimum you need in a turntable and really showcases the high quality craftsmanship of Japanese turntable designers and manufacturers. Besides Matsushita/Panasonic, Sanyo, Micro-Seiki, Denon, Kenwood, Sansui, Marantz, Luxman, Onkyo, Victor, Kyocera, or Nakamichi, Audio-Technica has the most offerings right now that really harken back to the golden era of the 1980s and 1990s of phonograph production that were really exemplified by the stunning electronics innovation of Kōnosuke Matsushita. Hideo Matsushita carried on the tradition of Kōnosuke by founding Audio-Technica and left us with the great machines we have here today. I would always recommend buying a Japanese turntable, and preferably one manufactured in Japan to complete your hi-fi system. Audio-Technica has great options for those just starting to get into vinyl - and if you need a starter phonograph - this is a great start.

I haven’t had a turntable since the mid 80’s. I did a lot of shopping around, web etc and this is the one I selected. First it is a solid unit unlike some of the other units in the same price range. Easy setup and I was playing the old records again. Very happy with the purchase

The only reason I couldn't give this table 5 stars is it didn't come with an auto return feature. We've become so conditioned to cds stopping on their own or continuing to play, that I almost forgot you have to flip the vinyl over to play the other side. However, that's also part of the nostalgic appeal. The turntable forces you back into music appreciation mode. Grab a good wine, some appetizers, a good women and just get back into the music. Sorry...waxing rhapsodic

I love everything about this turntable. If you know what it can do and you use it right, its an excellent upgrade from a beginner turntable. Hook it up to a preamp & some speakers and the sound quality is amazing. Has a built in preamp but it sounds better without one.

This is my first turntable. I chose this one after extensive research as it matched my needs and wasn’t too out there in terms of price. It sounds great running through my home theater set up. Vinyl blows all other formats out of the water and I’m glad I made the move.

It's magic to see how it works...the challenges to surpass in the old analogic world were really high, so this beautiful piece of art recalls to the old times when zeros and ones didn't exist...very recommendable.

It sounds great. The extra features work perfectly and it feels and looks really good. I don't want to get too specific but I'm very happy with this product. I recommend checking youtube videos for a deeper review.

This turntable is a solid unit with quality sound. Take the time to set it up and balance the arm and you won't be disappointed with the performance. The static ground wire is also helpful in sound quality if you live in those extremely dry areas of the country.

3rd Audio-Techica turntable I have owned over the years. This is the re-designed version where it no longer has a reverse function, and they have changed the way of lighting the needle placement, but it remains a very good turntable in my opinion.

i always receive excellent service at the Madison WI east side store. I gave the salesman my note from my nephew on exactly what he wanted and the salesman walked right over to it. My nephew is very impressed with the turntable and says it has great sound

This is a great turntable their really noting like a diamond needle going across the wax dis giving a sound that can’t be hear on down load if you want to hear what sounds like in the studio get audio technical you are going to love what you hear!

Been decades since I’ve used a turntable and even longer since I had purchased one. This was such a pleasant surprise. Overall quality, tracking force and speed stability really has improved over the years. Would not hesitate to recommend.

I haven't had a turntable in forever, but recently we decided to start listening to actual vinyl records again. After a lot of research I found this one to be the best fit for our usage and I tell ya it far exceeded my expectations so far.