Audio-Technica AT-LP70X Automatic Turntable (Black/Grey)

It's perfect for newcomers and fairly experienced Vinyl enthusiasts. It's not very customizable, but it has all you need.

I bought this for my 11 year old nephew who is getting into "vinyl". I wanted to get something easy to setup and use, but high-quality enough that he wouldn't want to replace it after a while. It's just a really, really nice turntable. Currently plugged into Klipsch powered speakers. Sounds amazing. The automatic start/stop is really well done.

Works like it should, upgrade, good value for the money .

I am relatively new to vinyl collecting. I did a lot of research before deciding on this specific model. I chose this model because it is the happy medium between quality and convenience. As you get into more expensive turntables, you get higher quality parts like adjustable counterweights for dialing in the arm pressure, upgradable cartridges, etc, but you lose features like automation. A lot of more expensive turntables don't even automatically stop when the record is done. I know myself well enough to know I would not be observant enough to be ready manually raise the arm the moment the record is done. This one is fully automatic and sounds great. The stylus itself can be replaced but not the cartridge that holds the stylus. This cartridge is built in, but is a high quality. Another reason I went with this model is that it has RCA jacks, not built in cables, so you can use quality rca cables. It also has a proper grounding screw to ground it to your amp or preamp to eliminate noise. It also has a built in preamp that you can turn off if you are running it into an amp that has a built in preamp (it has dedicated phono jacks) or you are running an external preamp or you can turn the built in preamp on if you are running it straight into powered speakers that don't have a preamp. Anyway, if you are just getting started on researching turntables and are looking for the middle ground between quality and convenience, this is the one for you.

Bought to replace a 20+ year old Sony turntable. Did lots of research and chose this one. Great decision. The turntable is good quality, nice design, great look. Easy connection to my Onkyo amplifier using the supplied RCA cables. The sound quality is very good. Some commented on an issue with skipping. I have no issues with skipping, works very well. The start button moves the needle automatically with smooth precision. Also has a manual drop arm if you want to drop the needle at any location. Nice option.

I liked the fit and finish of the unit. Easy to set up. Basically plug and play. Sound was excellent. But I did send back. I am a stickler for perfection. The reason being the tracking force was higher than the recommended maximum for the cartridge. I sent an email to a company that sells nothing but turntable accessories and asked if this would be a problem. He said in the long run it could bend the cantilever or possibly break it. The tracking force would not have damaged the records. But I didn't want to take a chance of a problem arising, so I sent it back. I am still searching for a fully automatic turntable. Don't know if I will reorder one of these, or another brand. This is a well made unit, and I would still have it if not for the one problem.

Great turntable. Hooked it up to an old RCA STA 3900 AM/FM Stereo Receiver. It's able to handle my old vinyl records from the 1970s, 80s 90s. Grab one before the prices start going up again. I see that they are already up to $279.00. The s I understand is much better hooking it up through phono jack than lineout jacks.

I wanted to get back into LPs after many years. This seemed like a good way to do so. When I first received the unit I was surprised at how lightweight it is and didn’t expect the main cabinet to be plastic. That is lack of research on my part. OK, what I was mostly concerned about was the sound quality. On quieter passages it sounded good. I did notice some distortion on louder portions of music, but thought maybe that is what LPs are supposed to sound like. A few weeks ago I decided to upgrade the needle (since the cartridge supports that feature). The new green needle didn’t sound any better and was skipping on virtually every record, so I returned it. Back to the original blue needle and the distortion has gotten worse, to the point of being unlistenable to me. There are no adjustments that can be made to the tonearm, and I am beyond the return period. Looks like this is headed to the garbage heap! Have ordered a Fluance RT-81 non-automatic turntable with the same Audio Technica cartridge with the green needle. It weighs more than twice as much as this model and has tracking adjustments. I hope I have a better experience with it.