Teac TN-300SE-MB Analog Turntable, Matte Black

TEAC offers a range of turntables. This one sneaks in under the radar with the best value. Ignore the "SE", this is the same as the TN-300 apart from the available colors (no gloss options)It comes with a decent "DJ" cartridge, the AT95E, which is definitely better than the no-name one in the TN-200 or 100. It's still fine for regularrock or classical albums. It is a different color cartridge to the AT95E available separately on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-At95e-Phonograph-Cartridge/dp/B004NRVUMI/) but that's to differentiate the after market one with the one that comes with the turntable.Unpacking - lots of packaging here, but you still need to take care when taking everything out and putting it together.The belt is already on the underside of the platter, not in a separate bag, just needs to be stretched on to the motor spindle when installing the platter.Connection - I plugged this into my home stereo system, wall mounted speakers for the TV.Sound - it plays back all my LPs with no problem, sounds as good as I ever remember them being. Lots of fun for the rest of the family to see it turn and hear them.This has the straight tone arm. Supposedly the S shaped arm available on higher models make them better at tracking warped records with less stress on the grooves, but I think it's mostly a style thing now.There is an adapter for Jukebox 45s (wide center hole) in the box, but there is nowhere to store it on the turntable itself - need to save it somewhere with the albums.Higher models - I did some homework before choosing this one. - the TN400 has different colors and a better cartridge. The TN550 has a servo controlled motor, so speed regulation will be much better (the TN-300 and below are hand calibrated, could drift over time).All together, this is a solidly made, great value turntable.

Played the first couple albums beautiful, I was extremely happy with the sound quality at first, but after a while it started losing speed randomly and it just kept getting worse over time. Played less than 20 albums on it before it became frustratingly un-listenable, I gave it 2 stars because it did sound great when it worked, and looks great, hope I just got a bad one.

First of all: I'm not a Hi-Fi expert but i appreciate good sound and listen some rock and roll old vinyls. Second: The vinyl quality is about as important as the turntable, the stylus, the connected receiver, pre-amp, cables, ground connection, speakers quality and other stuff that can drive you crazy lol! In my case i build a mid range system, trying to equip it with good components without breaking the bank, and this turntable is perfect for the job. After two years is doing pretty well, the stylus was upgraded (my mistake and i broke it!), sounds awesome connected to my receiver, doesn't skip, but there's some humming, the included preamp is not very powerful (even it does the job well) and there's no ground connection on the power outlet (trying to figure how to fix this). As a summary is a fine product, looks pretty good on any place and works without issue after hundred of hours playing records.

Looks amazing and sounds great!

Nice turntable. Well packed. Shipped quickly. One small issue; the owners manual said that it came with a rubber mat. The mat included was actually felt.

easy to assemble and good sound.

It is a very nice turntable for the money that is decently built. Three things I would change about this unit. I would put an slot for the 45 adapter in the corner on the base, make it have an automatic option and have a little better stylus.

One day shipping!...beautiful turntable...great sound reproduction! Highly recommend.