AT-LP70X-BG Automatic audio turntable, Black/Grey

I absolutely love that this one has the ground stud. I use vintage gear and this turntable is a definite upgrade over my old LP60X solely for that reason. Also its output being RCA over Aux is nice. The player also has a switch to use the phono-preamp if your hooking this up directly to speakers, but for me its just set to phono (since I've got a receiver). The rest of the player functions how you'd expect it. It sounds fantastic and the automatic functions work as you'd expect them to. So far every record I've got that I've played on this has worked with no issue. 10/10 player for the price, highly recommend.

Funciona sin problemas, se arma fácil, y múltiples opciones para cambiar aguja. Es perfecta.

Es una excelente tornamesa con un diseño muy agradable y con pre amp integrado. Había leído varios comentarios de que la aguja salta mucho pero para nada, llevo casi 2 meses con ella y la he escuchado casi a diario con buena parte de mi colección. Es una excelente opción, solo que no para pagar arriba de 5 mil por ella.

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.

This is a very good entry-level turntable. It comes with a VM95C cartridge which is one of the best values in entry level cartridges, imo. It sounds good out of the box and will not damage your records. If you pair this with receiver or amp (like a Sony, Cambridge Audio, or Yamaha that’s under $400) and a pair of bookshelf speakers from Sony (SSCS5M2) or Klipsch Reference Seties, you will have a great system for focused near-field listening or casual background music. It’s not going to compete with turntables that cost 2, 3, … more. But it does well for the class it is in. Audio Technica makes other units that compete in higher categories. I have another Audio Technica unit, the AT-120USB, that is fully manual and has served me well for over a decade. I wanted another unit with auto return so that I could play records while entertaining and not worry about damaging a record (or stylus) if I couldn’t get to the turntable shortly after a record finished. It did a great job for several months but after having my AT-70X for nearly a year it started to have an issue with skipping on several records. I researched online and found that it was a known issue and covered under the warranty. I filed a service ticket on their webpage and in 2 days I got shipping box with instructions on shipping it back to them at their expense. When I filed the ticket, customer service indicated that they would either fix it and return it to me or send me a new unit. 10 days later the shipment was delivered to me and it was a new unit. No hassles. No additional costs. The new unit sounds as good as the old one before it had issues. While it’s true that Audio Technica is not a boutique brand with hand carved, individually balanced components, it is a brand that makes equipment for people who are looking for good value, and it’s a brand that stands behind what it sells. In full disclosure I have other turntables from other brands that sound as good or better than my Audio Technica stuff. But they are more finicky and require more attention to keep them going at their peak level of performance. For entry level and casual listening, this is a very solid unit.