Audio Technica AT-LP120XUSB-BZ Direct Drive USB Turntable

It’s not my first turntable, but regardless it is easy to set up. The sound quality is great out of the included atvm95e cartridge. The table also has consistent speed, with mine performing better than advertised on wow and flutter. I’m no audiophile, I just love to listen to vinyl (my collection is 500+ lps) and have it sound good; and this table fits the bill. I’ve had a Denon dp300f for the past ten years with an Ortofon 2M Red cartridge, and loved it. I just wanted another turntable, and something different, to pair with it. So whereas the Denon is fully automatic, belt driven, and has a straight tonearm, this one is direct drive, manual, and has an s-shaped tonearm. I also wasn’t looking to spend $500 or $600 on another turntable, but wanted a quality table. I look forward to trying other cartridges on this as well, or just upgrading the stylus to the atvm95ml. I like that it sounds different than what I had. The only thing I wish was different is I wish it at least had an auto stop feature. The bronze scheme looks great as well.

This turntable is amazing. Built in Pre-Amp, nice to look at at, easy setup, great value for what you get, and superb sound quality. Highly recommend this device.

I just received my new AT-LP120XUSB-BK turntable, after realize a purchase I made of an Eonsix crappy bare bones device which was literally a piece of junk, in spit of the initial thought I bought it just to easily transfer some lp's to a memory stick was all I needed, but the renewed audiophile in me, along with just some basisc standard requirements, like actually having the product I purchase, work as expected (which the Eonsix DID NOT, but this AT-LP120XUSB-BK MOST CERTAINLY DOES! !, made eating the cost of that other piece of junk a little more palatable for me.First off, to say this turntable is a good entry level TT for beginners I would have to say, eh? maybe a beginner who has an idea of what setting up turntable up and knows how to balance a tone arm, set anti-skating & such up, if your not really familiar with those tasks, or afraid you may send your needle crashing to the platter & screwing up the stylus, then you may want to steer clear of this item.For those who absolutely know the difference (and can hear it) between a decent TT, with better than average stylus, this is for you! The item came packaged new, and well. Took me all of about 10 minutes to unbox & set it up, & start playing some vintage 45's and albums from my collection. Symbolically - the first 45 I chose to place on my new TT was Eric Clapton's "Hello Old Friend", because it's truly nice to hear vinyl again!The build of this turntable, everything from how it's packaged and the accessories provided, wreaks of quality & thoughtful'ness for the end user to enjoy a quality listening experience. Years ago, I owned a Techniques SL-1200 Mark 2 TT which was the pride of my listening experience, coupled with a stanton 500EEE cartridge (considered to be pretty decent/broadcase standards at the time), so when I realized that piece of junk Eonsix TT wasn't going to cut it for me from a feature or performance standard, I realized I'd have to up the budget & go for something that was familiar to me from a standards & performance spec, and with a heritage name that I felt I could trust, & that's what lead me to purchase the AT-LP120XUSB.What I have learned in life and hold true for this purchase, you get what you pay for! This unit will put a small dent in your wallet, but you're getting a fine piece of machinery with a solid build, a very decent, reasonable stylus that sports some decent spec's, the added bonus of being able to play records (if you needed to) at 78-rpm, which (to be honest, I'd have gladly forgone if they provided a better (read as higher quality) 45-rpm adapter, the -ONLY- downfall of this AT-LP120XUSB-BK I can find, is the plastic 45-rpm spindle that came packaged with the unit, I mean really, which when you consider all the other features packed into this unit, is almost insulting, because everything else just wreaks of quality, so I'm sure if Audio Technica ordered a couple hundred thousand quality metal 45-rpm adapters, the price they could have received to ensure every accessory that came packaged with this device would be 100% up to spec, would have had more of an impact than say, including the ability to play 78 rpm records, because seriously, in this, the 21st century, & for the demo this turntable is targeted to, who's really going to utilize that feature.In an earlier iteration of this device, my understanding from researching the turntable, they have a reverse play feature. Really?.. like, were they expecting devil worshiping anthrax or beatle fans to be desiring to play their platters backwards and risk screwing up their needles ? or was it an ingenious marketing ploy to get people to order new styli when the ones that came with the device broke from playing their albums backwards?Well anyway, the reproduction of sound from the AT-LP120XUSB-BK is AMAZING!, I'm utilizing a new set of PreSonus monitor speakers, the Eris E3. 5 and they sound GREAT with this turntable, I utilize the turntables line out setting which drives the signal for the speakers wonderfully, & the audio quality is really warm, rich & wonderful.I would highly recommend this turntable (and even those speakers for that matter) if you're looking to dive head first into the ankle deep waters of enjoying vintage vinyl, -OR- (like me) desired to revisit your vinyl collection and utilize a worthy turntable which will spotlight the sonic excellent of your audio collection, and do justice to it.If the AT-LP120XUSB turntable lasts as long as my old SL-1200 Mark 2 did (which easily had to be 20 years, and being heavily used at that, I think I replaced the stylus on that TT about three or four times, and only 1 cartridge change out when you couldn't but just the 500EEE styli separately any longer, I'm hoping at my age now - this will be the last turntable I'll wind up buying, which will bring me at least as many (and hopefully more!) years of enjoyable audible pleasure.

This is a high-quality product. Shipping was fast. It arrived within two days. Set up is very easy. Some of the accessories (cartridge, needle etc.} are located on the outer side of the Styrofoam protector, so be sure to look there. I at first thought they were missing. I have very old speakers but the sound quality was still great.

It had been a long time since I last hooked up a turntable, but when my old faithful one finally died, it was time to get a new one and this one looked perfect (it was the only one with 3 speeds and I have a bunch of 78s I also like to listen to). Finally, after working at it in my spare time, I managed to get it hooked up and it sounds great. However, there are a couple of things that a possible buyer needs to know:1. It comes disassembled and you have to put it together. The so-called Instruction booklet is next to useless. It will show you the basics - no words - just drawings and a 5-year-old could follow that. This is where it gets interesting.2. There are pictures of parts on the Instruction Book (and I use that word loosely) which you may or may not find. They are taped to the outside of the packaging material which isn't someplace where you would normally look. I certainly didn't. Getting ready to ship it back for a return and refund, lo and behold! there were the missing parts! It took a while to figure out what each one was. And, unless you plan on hooking it up to a computer, there's a USB cable you won't need, so don't waste your time trying to figure out where to hook it up.3. Now comes the fun part: hooking it up and getting it to play. At this point, you're going to want to Google the name and model number and download the pdf which tells you exactly what you need to do - in other words, there are written instructions, not just pictures. Had I thought of this earlier, I could have gotten it hooked up and working within a day instead of a couple of days. And, it would have helped if I had a new amplifier, but the old one works well, you just have to figure out what has experienced a name change over the years (see next sentence) - thanks to the pdf, that wasn't all that difficult.Then, because times have changed and wording that was used when I purchased the amp has been replaced by new wording, it took a while to get it to give me audio. I question whether pictures would have even helped. Finally, using the old hit-and-miss routine, I managed to get the right combo and the Bob Seger album I had on the turntable came blasting out of the speakers. Success!!Make sure the tracking is set at 2 and your vinyl should play great! If not, the pdf tells you what to do.Overall, since I'm not one of those people who needs a $1,000 system, I can listen to my vinyl again. For the person who enjoys kicking back and listening to their tunes on vinyl and who isn't one of those perfectionists, it's a good turntable to have - it looks good, works well and doesn't disappoint. Just download that pdf before you get started and save yourself some aggravation.