whats a good record player?
i want one that can at least play cds, am/fm radio and also something where i can convert the music onto my mp3 player?
i want a vintage styled one and i heard crosley wasnt that great.
and also i dnt wanna pay more than 200 ill go a bit over if i have to.
this is going to be a gift for my boyfriend so please help? thank youu
No, no, no, no, and NO! All current-production vintage-styled turntables use the shoddy record-gouger ceramic pickup. If you ever owned a cheap Yorx or Soundesign all-in-one stereo that weighed about five pounds and came from Kmart, well, that’s pretty much what these turntables are like! Actually, pretty much any all-in-one unit will have a ceramic pickup, and that’s an insult to your partner.
Quality new turntables generally start at $300-350 for value models, but I guess a $130 Technics SLBD20D isn’t too awful. You’ll need a stereo receiver or other stereo with a phono input for them, though. A better option is to buy used. A good quality turntables with a clean pickup sometimes costs less than fifty dollars, and basic Japanese 1980’s models sometimes go for as little as $20. Try Craigslist!
If you don’t have a phono input on your hometheater or minisystem, an RIAA EQ adapter will work.
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If you also buy your boyfriend a used CD burner stereo component, he can record directly from the turntable to compact disc if he routes everything through a stereo reciever.
The RCA brand radios have a special radio that plays CD’s MP3’s and the radio it self.
I don’t think they make them Crosley are the only ones but there is this turntable by Ion that lets you convert your record collection to CD