Customer Ratings & Reviews

Love it! sounds Great! Super easy to operate. Finally get to hear my old albums.

Awesome Turntable sounds awesome love the look of the speakers and it all perfect

This was a gift for my granddaughter who's 11. She loves it and it's easy for her to use.

Amazing. Beyond amazing. The sound is spectacular. It doesn't support 33 1/3, but honestly i don't care. You can't notice on most of my vinyls. My home is 3129 sq ft and you can hear it throughout the house. Trust me once you have it set up. Love at first site.

Great turntable and sound Bluetooth feature is also a plus

Enjoying it since I got it out of the box grrsy sound, good going back to old to times

I night this Victrola player for a Christmas gift for my wife. When she opened it up, we discovered the dust cover was marred in many places, looking damaged in production. We returned it and reordered thinking it was a fluke. We picked up the new one when it arrived at our local Best Buy store and decided to open up the box and check it at the store. Same issue, but this time the dust cover also had a crack in it. We immediately did a return and won't look to offhand another Victrola record player.

Very nice. My fsther loves it and will use for a long time

Owned this record play for 10 months and it stopped working. Took it to a record technician who explained how poorly made it is and that he cannot fix it.

It’s definitely worth the money great sound I’m going to add a woofer soon

Great turntable. Great sound for my old records. Love it

Lots of wires, but easy to set up and sounds great

Nice looking system. Poor sound quality. Thank you for the no-hastle return.

Perfect gift for my daughter! She loved it for christmas!

Overall I would recommend this set if you are looking for a luxurious design with good features and quality sound, at a high price. Having exposure to turntables for decades now, this is a solid modern player but it comes at a probably unnecessary cost. When comparing against other well known brands in the turntable industry, Victrola is more of a niche brand. Sound reproduction is not audiophile level, but depending on your vinyl collection, it may not and really should not matter. If you are looking to get a great looking set up with matching speakers, no fuss, and don't care about cost, look no further. Speakers: I'll start here since this is the easy part. The speakers are good, they will reproduce the sounds of a brand new record with clarity and enjoyable sound. Aside from that, I have an audiophile set up with a developing ear for the subtleties of music. Simply put, if you're going to listen loud or less well taken care of records, these speakers aren't going to support that. If you're just looking for some easy listening in a moderately sized room, these are wonderful. They are compact, look nice, and will reproduce enough of the valuable frequencies. Turntable: Simple to use, looks great. Uses a magnetic cartridge which is likely only best replaced by their own OEM cartridge after long use. I honestly don't have much negative to say about the turntable itself. They should have included an automatic arm with a repeat option.

I bought this player hoping it would be a good deal but instead got a player that no matter what skips and slids across records. I followed the reccomend counterweight settings and anti skate knob but this did not work. I even brought in a more experienced person who could not get this player to work. At this point it is no more than a very expensive paperweight that could possibly ruin records.

The Victrola – Premiere T1 Turntable System is a blast from the past. I had forgotten how I use to listen to music in my younger days. The sound from the system was clear. The speakers are the perfect match for the system. They are powerful enough to fill the area with music, without any distortion at the higher levels. The system also has some modern features and settings. With Bluetooth you can playback to any enabled device. You can tweak the sound to your preferred levels. The set-up was easy, but longer than I remembered. After plugging in the record player and the speakers, just follow the set-up guide. What is missing? 1. Auto return. I remember when the record was finished the arm would pick-up and return to its holder. 2. Treble and Bass adjustments. The playback is great; however, some songs just want a little extra bass. The Victrola – Premiere T1 Turntable System is well designed and would look good in any home. The Espresso finish blends well, but still highlights the system. I would recommend this system to family and friends.

The Victrola T1 system is a combo of the M1 speaker system and their premier turntable. The system represents standalone monitors with line level inputs into a plate amp. It’s finished in a nice wood grain that matches making this quite the style statement. But does it have the sonic prowess to live up to its looks? First of all, unboxing the product, everything is securely packaged, and the experience feels quite premium. From a brand that makes its money off of vintage looking products, it’s obvious they understand the experience required for this sort of product. The speakers were easy to remove and the turntable very carefully packaged. Setup was easy enough, with only the belt installation being anything that required using more than 2 neurons. Even that wasn’t difficult. The design of the product is vintage and modern mixed. It harkens back to simple record/speaker setups of the 1970s and early 80’s but with modern minimalistic undertones. Instead of the record player also being the amplifier, it’s a complete separate with modern monitor style speakers. This is a nice blend of modern as it allows the speakers to be paired and positioned apart from the record player. The player itself could also be used with a different stereo, so you could technically split up the components if you wanted. While that may not be aesthetically pleasing, it might be worth doing. The speakers themselves are handsome looking. The magnetic speaker grills are a nice touch, given that it removes the mounting holes of normal grills if you’re one that leaves the grills off. The woodgrain texture is pleasing, and the volume dial on the side feels good to use and the LED light ring on it doesn’t mar the look of the speakers. A press of the center button will swap inputs, which are announced (bluetooth, analog), and a long press will turn the system off. I got pairing mode enabled by swapping to bluetooth, turning off the unit, and then holding the button The speakers are composed of 2” tweeters and 4” woofers. The enclosures are sealed to improve accuracy and one speaker includes a plate amplifier with RCA, 3.5mm phono, and bluetooth inputs. There is a separate subwoofer RCA jack as well. The speakers are powered by a straight AC power cord, so no wall warts or ugly cables. The record player similarly is powered by the same style cable. It includes a switch for playing 33 or 45 rpm records. There’s a 45 adapter if that’s your thing, but standard vinyl is probably what you’ll find on store shelves these days. The dial lights up similarly to the speakers and the record player is well engineered. The needle mechanism is well weighted and includes an adjustment weight that’s easy to balance. The release to float the needle to the record is smooth and gentle. The record won’t spin until you move the needle near the record and it will stop when you reach the inside of a record. Overall it’s simple, elegant, and appears to pick up well. I had to adjust the weight a bit to get the proper amount of balance on the needle, as it would produce some pops and skips when improperly adjusted. The needle would also start to get stuck in a groove, but most of this was my mal-adjustment of the counterbalance weight. The feet absorb vibrations well, and keep the record player’s needle in the groove. It all comes together pretty well at the end. I played a bit of Miles Davis, and this music was smooth and pleasing, as if this set was made to play this sort of jazz. Moving to more modern titles, like Nora Jones, the genre worked well. Bass was accurate if a bit shallow. Highs weren’t harsh, but weren’t overly clear either. Part of this is the nature of vinyl though. Queen probably stressed out of the speakers the most, with a more dynamic punchy sound. Switching over to a wider genre of music via bluetooth (I just have a small record collection), it’s obvious that we’re dealing with small woofers and mediocre sound quality. Victrola is a company that makes quite a bit of cheap retro kits, and while they shot for the stars here, it’s obvious that their speaker engineering is not living up to its price point. For $200 for the M1 monitors alone, they’re a complete disappointment. There are plenty of self powered speakers in the $100 range that blow these out of the water. Victrola doesn’t publish any detailed specs on the amplifier or speakers themselves, but the total power consumption is rated at 60W. Account for losses, at best we’re talking 20W speakers. Due to their sealed design, mids and lows are accurate, but understated. The rigidness of the enclosures helps, but the sound is just so so. I want to emphasize that it’s not bad by any means, but it’s not what I would expect when throwing $350 at a boutique audio problem. You’re better served by dedicated bluetooth speakers in this price range. Victrola reached for the stars on this one and produced a very nice looking, and feeling product. The sounding part might be lacking for the price point. At MSRP, it’s a stretch, but find this on a decent sale, it does an amazing job with jazz and smooth music that doesn’t rely on heavier bass. Bluetooth is a nice touch, and the overall look and controls are on point. If the monitors had been class leading this would have been the perfect setup for a modern stereo that blends retro sound and modern capabilities.

While I admit I was not alive during the first wave of vinyl popularity, I did catch the tail end and am now lucky to be around to experience the unexpected second *massive* wave of interest in Vinyl. Have our ears collectively gotten tired of the sterile digital mediums and now long for the warm analog sounds of yesteryear? Perhaps. And There are many brands of turntables to choose from. This brings us to the Victrola Premiere T1 Turntable System. First I have to mention what a massive box this came in! It is obvious Victrola have taken great care in making sure this system gets to you without a scratch on it. I know it's important to alot of people. It is to me. Unboxing the Victrola Premiere T1 Turntable System - I immediately gasped. I was instantly transformed back to my childhood as I gazed at the beauty of what was in front of me. it is apparent that Victrola wanted this system to not just look good, but spectacular. The deep espresso finish on the system instantly makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside. Everything is solid, you can tell it is quality and meant to last, unlike other systems. The speakers and turntable have quite the heft. That's not a problem for me as the Victrola Premiere T1 Turntable System has found a permanent home on my glass-top L-shaped desk. Assembly was a little more difficult than I expected, but nothing to scare off the average Joe by any means. Very easy to follow instructions are included, and they are miles ahead of some of the others I have seen. As I already have a "Main" sound system elsewhere utilizing a turntable, I will be testing the sound of the Victrola Premiere T1 Turntable as a standalone unit. As I feel it was meant to be. The speakers are powered and there is no need really for a phono amp. The heft of the speakers have raised my expectations a bit as to the sound quality. To test the sound, I use my trusty copy of "Dark side of the Moon". I have heard that this sonic masterpiece has been used thru the decades to test audio systems, and I have done so on different mediums already. My initial high hopes for sonic excellence were squashed when the record began with the heartbeat. What is meant to be a rich, full booming sound is left sounding a bit dull. It doesn't sound horrible - don't get me wrong. But it doesn't sound as good as I was hoping the Victrola Premiere T1 Turntable System would sound. It is definitely not the fault of the record, as I tested out a few others. Highs are muted and mids slightly muffled. But the good news is the above is said with the expectation of an audiophile sound quality. So my "muffled, muted, dullness" is STILL light years AHEAD of big box brand "all in one systems". And after a few spins of more titles from my rather eclectic collection of vinyl I actually started to become fond of the sound output of the Victrola Premiere T1 Turntable System. All in all I am very happy with the Victrola Premiere T1 Turntable System. It looks like a work of art, and after getting used to it - it sounds pretty darned good also. If you are jumping on the "Second Wave" of vinyl's popularity, do yourself a favor and get the Victrola Premiere T1 Turntable System. Your eyes and ears will thank you.

I love this player so much! I used to have a cheap suitcase one, so I'm comparing it to that. Starting with the look, it's sleek and classy, from clear color to cover. I also love the magnetic covers on the speakers, which can really change the look. The sound is unbeatable, really. The cords stay snug, preventing scratchy sound. The only issue I really had with this player was getting the needle to balance well on the record; it was skipping straight to the center at the recommended balance. The instructions on the website or the included ones were not very helpful with this issue. With a quick youtube search, I got it corrected. The anti-skip mat was new for me, but I love the feature. It really helped the sound, but any of my old (slightly warped) records don't sound the best. It did come in a few pieces, but it was fairly easy to put together and get corded correctly. And finally, price. You're definitely getting your money's worth here. With the nice addition of the separate corded speakers, this is great for someone who is looking for an "intermediate" type of player with nice, clean sound.