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Rating And Reviews: Audio-Technica AT-LP120

High-torque direct-drive motor for quick start-ups and a USB output that connects directly to your computer.

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"Great value, well built, needs only a few upgrades . ." submitted January 9, 2012

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Sound: This turntable is the finest in its price class. I have found it to be a joy to operate and use. Quality: Although this turntable is a nearly dead on copy of the Technics 1200, it does show its price point in a few areas. The stock cartridge is very average, the built in preamp must also be avoided. I purchased the Shure M97e, and also a stand alone preamp. After these purchases the turntable really comes to life. I also purchased a stock Technics rubber platter mat. All well worth the investment. If you plan to use this turntable 100% as is from the factory it will certainly do the job but why not invest in what you have and really make it sound its best. Value: Yes it is very much worth it. But also be prepared to spend another $200 in several key areas to increase the turntables sound quality. The Wow Factor: If your going to get into listening to vinyl again like I have, this turntable is a great value that will last many years. Overall: Great product. Well built, just needs a few upgrades to perform at a high level.
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"Great turntable, with a few quarks" submitted March 30, 2011

By a customer from yahoo.com
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Musical Background: avid listener
Music Style: Allison Krause to Alice in Chains
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Sound: I first ordered an entry level turntable and was just getting too much noise back through it (from my speakers). This turntable does a much better job and I have no complaints about the sound at all. Vinyl can sound much better than digital. Feature: The features are OK and what you would expect on a professional quality turntable. No frills to add noise like auto play or anything Ease of Use: This is where it gets tricky. I love the turntable, but it wasn't really designed very well. The on/off switch is really stupid, its not like any I have ever seen and hard to use. Its like a recessed knob and hard to reach, but it has a really nice start/stop button to get the platter going. Why did we need both, why didn't the start/stop button also turn off the main power (really the only thing that comes on when you turn on the master switch is the strobe, you have to hit start to get the platter spinning)? Also the lifter is very small and not as good as it could be. But then they go and add this huge speed control knob that is used very little. Why didn't they make the lifter this nice since it will be used 100x more? Quality: Very well made and lots of heft. Other than the controls mentioned about I am very pleased with the quality. Value: Good value, you would have to spend 2x to maybe get something better. Its a great turntable for the money. I got it open box and saved a bunch of money. Manufacturer Support: Not had to need to contact AT, but ZZounds was great as always when I went to change out the other table. Thanks to them, as always. The Wow Factor: Very sexy, but I am too old to fall for that trick, I want performance, that is what is sexy to me. Overall: It better last me a lifetime, unless I hit the lottery, then I my McIntosh tube amp will need something better.
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"Audio Technica AT LP120" submitted December 3, 2012

By Woody W in Brooklyn, NY
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Musical Background: Home dj
Music Style: Hip hop dancehall reggae reggaeton soca R&B soul
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Overall: Audio Technica always has been at the top of there game and as a dj I highly recommend these turntables to anyone looking for something cheap and reliable I had them for 3 months and It just keeps wowing me I search and search for a imperfection but cant find it.
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"Technics clone!!!" submitted May 2, 2013

By Jason M in Gastonia, NC
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Musical Background: Dj for about 10 years
Music Style: Hip hop r&b reggae reggaeton top 40 pop
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Overall: These turntables are well worth the money. I have a pair of these and love them. I use technics from time to time and these perform just as well. The torque is great for scratching. I don't use the preamp as I use it with serato and timecodes. I haven't had any issue. I did upgrade slipmats as well as the cartridges to shure 44-7s. The sound quality is just as good as the technics. I would recommend these to anyone!!!
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"Audio Technica AT-LP120 Turntable" submitted February 13, 2012

By Floyd G in Phoenix, AZ
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Musical Background: I am not a muscian but love music
Music Style: Rock, metal, jazz, new age, classical and opera
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Overall: I have been enjoying the heck out of this turntable for the past 3 months and I am very impressed. I grew up with the typical cheesey all in one systems that we all owned who grew up in the 70's-80's and I must say that this is much better by far. I thought that this would be a let down from my Music Hall 5 but I was wrong, it can perform and then some. Has plenty of bells and whistles which make it look really cool. I bought it to replace my Music Hall and to also add my album collection to my digital music platform in order to preserve my albums forever. It is simple and easy to use comes almost completely ready to go out of the box aside from just a few steps to get it put together and ready to play. It is packaged very well and is built like a tank. One of the cool things that this table does is allow you to play your albums backwards so that you can hear the hidden messages from the devil that your favorite band has put on there albums. The only bad thing that I can find wrong with this turntable is that it is silver, all of my equipment is black and so I kind of wanted it to be black as well. However, it does remind me of my first decent turntable that I bought in the 70's. Hope this helps you to decide on which turntable to get.
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Audio-Technica AT-LP120 Customer Review submitted September 14, 2011

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Musical Background: using for my own music
Music Style: Rock Classical Oldies
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Sound: I cannot tell because I was using Audacity and it would allow me to use the sound from my monitor's stereo speakers. It would be wonderful if you explained to anyone that has a MAC that they can use their own application Garage Band. In that way all Apple users can benefit from using something that is very easy to work with to hear and record from the turn table. As soon as I start listening I will let you know how the sound is. Feature: Al the features are great as far as I can tell. Ease of Use: Because I was using Audacity I had to call to get the sound to play through my lap top's speaker. It gave me error message if I tried to use the Display setting. Therefore I could not hear how it would sound and until I start using it with the other software I will not know. To go through all the steps regarding Audacity is very very difficult. The pamplet has old diagrams and now where util the end do you see that you have to hit "record" to just listen to the record. Quality: It looks great and seems to operate well. The turn table is quiet and I am happy to have a direct drive turntable. It would be great if the turn tale automatically removed the needle when it was finished. I assume the turn table that I got is a copy of one of the Technics that used to be made. It looks like it and hopeful it will sound like it. Manufacturer Support: They were very helpful in walking through the Audix with me. The Wow Factor: Liked the way it looked and its features Overall: Until it doesn't function as it is supposed to this will do me fine. I have grand children and want to burn CD's of the records that we send to their parents so I have the music
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