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Review on 🎡 TDK USB Belt Drive Turntable: The Ultimate Vinyl Player for Unmatched Sound Quality by Siu Young ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

I can't say that I was completely satisfied with the product.

These turntables are made by an unknown Chinese manufacturer for Imation, which, in turn, bought the TDK brand a few years ago. This product has no direct relation to the well-known brand of audio and video cassettes; it also has no experience and history of the production of turntables. But the first pancake did not turn out lumpy! A normal budget entry-level player (no need for high expectations!). Beautiful. Oh, if only it could be bought for $99.00 like in the USA during the promotion!

Pros
  • Interesting design - looks unusual, elegant and expensive! A solid lid made of artificial leather, an elegantly designed belt drive, all sorts of light bulbs - beauty. The table is excellent, heavy and with good damping, it does not collect all the vibrations, so you can stomp and jump around as you like. There is a built-in phono stage, for the first time you can listen to records without bothering with buying an external one. Important - you can digitize vinyl records yourself!
Cons
  • Mediocre tonearm, no height adjustment, I would like to be able to easily remove the shell. The native head is mediocre, it is better to immediately change, for example, to Audio-Technica AT95E or Goldring Elektra or something else. The use of even an inexpensive external phono stage significantly improves the situation (it's good that the internal one can be switched off).