The device is my successor from a Technics SL-BD3, a small, belt-driven device. Therefore, this unit is my immediate comparison device. The AT-LP120 is a heavy device that is external to the Technics 1210 as the spitting image. It has a quartz direct drive, a stroboscope, three speeds, forward and reverse (I do not need), a tone arm with weight and height adjustment, USB port and is fully manual, which means that after the board of the tonearm further located on the circular plate. I personally feel over my Technics SL-BD3 as a step backwards, because the device has been a fully automatic machine. From the sound quality I am thrilled when my old machine was going crackle and rumble, pulls the Audio Technica clean its orbit and playing my old treasures (classical music) very clear and brilliant from. Flutter were yesterday. A downer, which leads to a star deduction is the engine noise that complain other users: http://www.amazon.com/Technica-ATLP120-Professional-Turntable-USB/dp/B002S1CJ2Q/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1320490746&sr=8-1 (Here 88 reviews of the amazon.com page). If you listen closely, which may either the motor from the turntable to hear during playback, or the transfer to the plate, and thus the engine noise from the speakers. I have now also placed a rubber mat on the platter and put the supplied Slipmat made of felt it. Thus, the problem is alleviated, but not completely eliminated. This issue probably tend direktangetriebnene turntable because the plate sits directly on the motor shaft. The scope of supply: Actually, the device (Cartrige) is actually delivered without cartridge. It is provided by Audio Technica. The included software is Audacity. This should have been able to save.
Addendum October 2014: The engine noise as background noise has been completely laid with a new stand. Apparently my hi-fi cabinet was too unstable and has had too many resonances. Watch out for more severe or tape heads Headshells: The balance weight must be as far unscrewed that the hood should not be folded, as the tone arm collides with the weight towards the end of the season to the hood.
