#STEREO MIX PLUS SOFTWARE REVIEW UPGRADE#
If you don't want to worry about getting on the endless turntable upgrade train, if you just want to play records, then a set-and-forget model is what you should get. It's a really flexible and easy-to-live-with turntable. It will also pair well with a more contentional AV system for the occasional wind-down session, perhaps with a snifter of port. If you have a pair of active speakers, like the excellent Klipsch R-15PM, or a tabletop speaker with an auxiliary input like the Google Home Max, then the Audio-Technica AT-LP60X can really help complete your system. I haven't heard the Schitt Mani but it doesn't seem unreasonable to spend the same as the Audio-Technica again on a good phono preamp - especially when the AT already gives you so much turntable for so little. With a Cambridge Audio Duo connected, the bass firmed up and the upper registers came into a clearer focus. Moving to a dedicated phono stage offers a nice upgrade path.
The Audio-Technica, on the other hand, really shone with a more expensive system where the bass in particular was able to stretch out. Hook a music jewellery box up to a costly stereo system, for example, and all you'll hear is louder tinkling. One thing you wouldn't expect from an ultra-budget turntable is that the sound quality would scale with more expensive equipment. The main issue with the Victrola, by the way, wasn't the sound or its solid features (Bluetooth, headphone out, onboard speaker), but that it was easy to damage the record with the lid attached. Listening to XTC's Melt The Guns, the competitive Victrola Eastwood had a brighter balance with less bass, but it emphasized the click of the percussion which wasn't apparent with the Audio-Technica. It was able to dig out the bottom few registers of Gorillaz's self titled record with ease, for instance. I enjoyed a bunch of different recordings on the Audio-Technica but it's weighty bass response worked best with harder styles like rock and dance. You can press the tonearm lift button to keep it suspended at the start of a song, if want to do some backyard DJing for example, and then press it again to play. If you own a bunch of 10-inch records or something else out of the ordinary, you can always move the stylus to where you want it by grabbing the finger rest - the record will start spinning when you lift. The "hardest" thing to remember when using this turntable is choosing the correct record size with the plinth-mounted lever, although this is only an issue an if you switch between 45s and LPs regularly. When I press the play button there's a definite "clunk" as the turntable activates the tonearm and swings it into position. The LP60X has four buttons - play, stop, speed (33 1/3/45 rpm) and tonearm up/down - that allow it play back both singles (7-inches) and albums (12-inches) with ease.Īs you might expect at this price level the buttons don't feel super-slick, instead they click in a way that reminds me of old Sony Walkman controls. What does an automatic turntable do? It lets you simply press buttons to play records, without having to lift the tonearm by hand.
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