and indeed most ‘civilians’ would happily play this deck all day long. The music doesn’t sound strangled or broken in any way. Via conventional wired connection, the Sony sounds tonally smooth and decently speed-stable – I’ve actually heard some ‘proper’ hi-fi decks do worse – and generally enjoyable with all types of material. and it’s so liberating to be able to listen to vinyl in places you otherwise wouldn’t. It’s fine for general background music, parties and so on. Yet still with a good Bluetooth speaker system – I use my trusty JBL Flip 4 – it is better than you might think. Via Bluetooth, the sound is surprisingly good given that it’s limited to the data rate that this wireless protocol can deliver. Bluetooth is achieved by pressing the big button on the top left of the plinth and it quickly syncs with your portable wireless speaker, headphone or the Bluetooth input of any of the many integrated hi-fi amplifiers fitted with this handy feature. High (+6dB) settings: it can also feed a line input direct. There are rear flying leads to go to an amplifier’s phono stage, and a switchable phono preamp with a choice of Low (-4dB). It has auto-start and stop or you can cue manually. The aluminium tonearm is pre-aligned and pre-fitted with a basic Sony moving-magnet cartridge of course there is some slight bearing play, but it’s better than I would expect. The main bearing, which indicates it has fitted a quality one that’s worth taking care of. Via Bluetooth, the sound is surprisingly good given it’s limited data rate The fact that Sony has packaged it like this suggests it doesn’t want to wreck Setup is pretty straightforward, although you do have to put the 296mm aluminium diecast platter on yourself and hook up the flat-section drive belt to the motor spindle. Even though it’s plastic, it is good quality and doesn’t feel as fragile as perhaps it might. It’s all made of plastic, except for the tonearm and the platter, which are both metal. It measures a fairly standard 430 x 108 x 367mm (WxHxD) and weighs 3.5kg. Should not buy anything from AudioAffair.Ī belt-drive turntable with full automation, it sports a built-in phono stage with three gain settings. You can support the site directly via Paypal donations ☕. This will not wear out your records, whereas many bottom-end Bluetooth ‘starter’ turntables will.ħReview earns Amazon affiliate commissions from qualifying purchases. The tonearm is of better quality than it looks – or indeed what you’d expect from a budget deck – and tracks its partnering moving-magnet cart at just 3g. We’re not claiming it’s going to put your near- Technics SL-1000R out of business, but it’s still good enough – just – to play your treasured vinyl. Whether it’s for the second or even third system, what this dinky deck lets you do is stream your LPs to a Bluetooth device in a surprisingly stable way so you can enjoy vinyl in places that you otherwise couldn’t. Firstly, it works far better than it looks like it’s going to and secondly, some people do really want a product like this. I’d like to explain the reason for featuring this cheap turntable in a real hi-fi magazine.
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