CrosleyC100A-SI Belt-Drive Turntable Record Player with Adjustable Counterweight, Silver

Crossley, tristemente, tiene mala fama por culpa de sus tornamesas económicos “multiusos” y tipo maleta. Y si, esos están mal, pero este debería ser visto con otros ojos.Y ojo, yo vengo del universo Audio Technica, y en situaciones de trabajo y eventos, suelo usar los robustos Technics SL 1200.Ahora bien, si hay que reconocer algo: como todo equipo económico o que esté dentro de la categoría de relación calidad/precio, esto es plástico más que cualquier otra cosa (aunque cabe aclarar que el plato es totalmente de aluminio, y de tamaño completo). Pero, aún así, todo parece estar bien ensamblado, y su construcción no deja mucho que observar. Eso sí, al ser plástico se siente más frágil al manipularlo, y es un gran resonador cuando accidentalmente lo tocas con fuerza o lo golpeas sin querer en el uso.Sin embargo, esta es la opción más económica que se puede encontrar más allá de cualquier tornamesa de entrada, automático o similar, que no comprometa la calidad del sonido y que tenga buenas prestaciones en su performance.La aguja que usa es la Audio Technica que tienen sus propios tornamesas de entrada (como los LP60), lo que garantiza cierta calidad. El hecho de poner configurarse el peso y el anti skate le da un valor agregado para cuidar los vinilos y que la aguja no “taladre” los surcos aplicándole fuerza desmedida. Cabe recordar que, al ser totalmente manual, toca iniciar el plato para que ruede, desplazar y ubicar la aguja en el disco de forma manual, pero eso da más control en la reproducción.Aparte, tiene control de pitch, lo que para mí es fundamental. Eso si, los tornamesas Crossley vienen, si o si, “desbalanceados” en cuanto a su velocidad de rpm, por eso ese control del pitch es fundamental, porque con eso se puede corregir. También se puede hacer por medio de los tornillos que están debajo, para dejarlo solucionado totalmente, pero esto es abrir una caja de Pandora que alguien que no tenga mucha experiencia y mucha paciencia manejando equipos de reproducción de audio querrá tocar (lo digo por experiencia). Para esta nivelación, la luz estroboscópica que trae también es un gran acierto, porque esta da el medidor visual de cuando está girando a las rpm adecuadas.Teniendo en cuenta su precio (un poco más de 200 dólares, incluyendo envío fuera de Estados Unidos), es de lejos la opción más económica que se podría conseguir en este tipo de tornamesas. El que le sigue en precio a este, y claro, hablando de tornamesas manuales con performance “tipo DJ” (dejando por fuera la versión con Bluetooth de esta misma referencia, que sube unos dólares más y tiene solo dos cosas distintas, literalmente), además de ser más caro, deja bastante que desear. Y teniendo en cuenta que este cuesta la mitad o menos que el Audio Technica LP 120, es una opción para considerar seriamente.

I LOVE this turn table! Lowest price any were. Just like the described in the site. This is a beautiful Turn Table!!!

Daughter loves it great controls sounds and looks

Unit is very delicately made. It has strobe for proper pitch adjustment. It has weight for proper stylus pressure and also other tone arm adjustment that I can't remember what it is called, used for anti skating. One problem is the needle I use is a Grado moving coil cartridge that picks up hum from motor and gets louder as tone arm is closer to motor but is barely noticeable unless volume is high. I heard moving magnet phono cartridges are better than moving coil phono cartridge because they don't pick up hum from motor but never tried it. I wish the motor on this unit had better magnetic shielding so a moving coil phono cartridge could be used with hum from motor not being picked up. Last thing is that this turntable comes with a twenty five dollar phono cartridge that I didn't use, I just put my hundred dollar Grado phono cartridge on the turntable with its standard phono cartridge connector. It is not like the well built units of the early eighties when vinyl just started competing with the compact disc but it works good enough for great sound potential. I didn't test built in pre-amp on this turntable but use my own pre-amp which is about 100 dollars.

My daughter decided she wanted to get a turntable and listen to records (particularly my old collection). We search and searched, and either the really good ones cost a fortune, which she doesn't need, or the more economical ones either have questionable build, limited features, etc. We particularly didn't want one with the built in speakers, because those are so crappy in sound.I took a deep breath and decided to go with this one. The cost is by far not the cheapest, nor was it near the top of the range. Features are also in the middle. I am very, very happy with it. First, I was surprised by the packaging. Turntables can get messed up before you get them out of the box if not packaged well. Then I was surprised how clear the set-up instructions were to us. Then I timed the turntable. In the 5-6 I owned back in the old days plus the dozen or so I fiddled with for friends, I maybe came across one that was timed correctly. Most didn't give you a way to easily adjust it, and I would open it up to find the adjustment. Pleased to say this one was spot on in terms of RPM, and even if it wasn't it's an easy adjustment.The sound is very good. I am turntables that cost 3 times as much have much better stylus's and sound, but this is quite good. I hooked it up to a Marshall speaker for her and it's really enjoyable sound quality without taking up a ton of room.Sure, I wish it had a way to autoplay a stack of 45s. And I'd love it to have automatic on and off, but it's not that hard to move the arm over and to lift it up when the record is done.Bottom line, it's everything we were hoping for.

After 25 years my wife and I decided we wanted to play our old Vinyl albums. I just could not see dropping $400-$500 on a turn table but did not want a suitcase style either. Then I came across this one. I read all the reviews and you tube videos and just kept coming back to this unit.For me this checked all my boxes. I wanted to be able to adjust the speed of the album, had to have both 33 and 45 RPM, adjustable tone arm weight and be able to plug into an existing amplifier or stand on its own. I did not want blue tooth.Set up was easy after watching the process on you tube. Unit arrived very well packaged and in great shape.Best part is it looks amazing and sounds fabulous. It is very easy to use and well built. I would recommend this to anyone out there who wants a great turntable to spin some vinyl.