AudioTechnica ATPL120

Pros: Rich sound, looks great, manual control on everything for tons of customization.

Cons: Manual control means you have to do it all yourself.

The Bottom Line: A wonderful mid range turntable, with enough features to make the Big Boys happy but easy enough for the n00b to use.

Review: I choose to blame Crap From the Past for this purchase. CFtP is a radio show out of Minnesota on KFAI that does retro pop music with a focus on obscure, forgotten, or overlooked recordings. - a graduate level course in pop-music, as Ron "Boogiemonster" ...

Pros: Professional features, heft, ease of set–up and use, price, sound.

Cons: None.

The Bottom Line: A fine turntable with professional features and excellent sound, and easy enough for the amateur to set up and use.

Review: Those under thirty or so perhaps won't understand. A few semi – 'Luddite' audiophiles just might. Call me crazy, sentimental, silly, whatever, but I've decided to return to the aural joys of vinyl. Yes, vinyl, as in ...

Pros: Quality, versatility, features, sound and price!!!

Cons: Interconnects are a little short.

The Bottom Line: If you want excellent sound reproduction and don't want to mortgage the house, here's your table. (There's magic in that vinyl!)

Review: I'm so excited about this product that I just don't know where to start! I've been storing my vinyl collection for about 20 years and just couldn't bring myself to part with any of it. When times and finances changed to where I could actively look for ...

Pros: Cost, quality, arm, direct drive.

Cons: The professional cartridge is not recommended for personal or critical listening.

Review: This is an excellent turntable, competing against many more costly other brands. I don't like the "professional cartridge", for use in nightclubs where abuse is the first order. There are many good optional cartridges available. The possible feedback ...

Pros: good sound, good quality, good controls

Cons: all manual - have to be there to lift the needle off the LP

Review: I listen to LPs, and I find this a very good turntable, especially for the price.   It has a variable pitch control that permits me to adjust LP speeds to a musical instrument if I want to play along - I don't use that much, but very good when ...

Pros: Great value includes such as 78 speed, reverse speed, built in phono-preamp.

Cons: Does not have the detailed sound of the big brother the Technics SL 1200.

Review: This is the near perfect mirror image of the famous Technic 1200/1210 but at half the price. The turntable is some 3 pounds less of the Sl-1220 but has added features such as a 78 speed, reverse speed and an included cartridge. It also includes the ...

Pros: All negatives considered, it's still a useful product.

Cons: Flimsy construction; lack of internal damping.

The Bottom Line: See my review.

Review: Until I found and purchased this model, I was foiled many times in my search for a turntable that had an easily-changed headshell and 78 RPM and a wide-range pitch control.I have, and like to use, various DUAL turntables ...