House of Marley Turntable Dust Cover - Recycled Plastic Record Player Cover, Compatible with Stir It Up and Simmer Down Vinyl Players, Home Turntables for Vinyl Records Dirt Protection, Transparent

Not having used a record player for about 30 years and after reading some reviews I thought I had made a big mistake with talk of balancing the tone arm and setting the tracking force which was all new to me. In reality it took about half a minute of fiddling with the weight on the arm (leaving the tracking at zero) and my old records play complete without any skips. Ive paired it with the House of Marley Get Together Bluetooth Speaker and it sounds great and I think even better than my high end separates from back in the day . The bluetooth connection initially took some time, but after initial set up pairing is now almost instant. I got both items in Warehouse deals which cut the total price in half and both turntable and speaker appear brand new in original packaging. Really stylish looking equipment. Very happy and recommended.

I absolutely love this record player. Simple and to the point. I highly recommend this!

I bought this because I wanted something fun that I could move around. It looks great. It feels solidly built and for the price it's clearly been thoughtfully designed to pack as much quality and value as possible. For someone looking for a beginner turntable this might be a good option as long as you know how to balance and set up a counterweight.The cartridge is a solid choice, entry-level, but well respected. Certainly better than the ceramic options on many turntables at this price point. It sounds good... depending on what you are listening to.However there are some caveats, which I'll mention in case they matter to you.1. Wow (RMS) ie. the fluctuation in the platter's rotation speed. For me it was very audible on anything with sustained notes (think Vienna by Ultravox). Even after buying a platter weight it was still quite apparent. You many not notice, some are more sensitive to it than others and I one of them apparently. In various tests this varied between 0.26-0.36. In contrast an old and long neglected Aiwa from an old midi system measured 0.12-0.16. Marley have done their best to smooth things out with a speed sensor, but I suspect the quality of motor used here and in many other decks aren't as good as those used in previous decades. But you may not notice or mind, so feel free to ignore this.2. Anti-skate - this does not work like on other turntables I know of, where you would match it to the tracking force (how hard the stylus presses down on the record). If you read the reviews you'll see many comments on problems with it, but that's because they're expecting it to work like normal anti-skate. For this turntable they suggest turning it to zero and, IF you get skipping towards the end of the side, gradually increase it. I had the skipping problem and the 'anti-skate' does fix that, but it does not reduce the centripetal (things get pulled inwards, as opposed to centrifugal where things get pushed outwards) force for barely anything more than the runout track. I don't believe it was a fault in this unit as another I tried did the same thing. The design seems to be working as intended, just not like most people would expect.I like so much about this turntable and I really wanted to be able to justify keeping it. But in the end I couldn't. So close to awesome, but falls short. But you may love it.

Superb unit. Luv it. Super sound. I luv my vinyl

I really wanted to like this. I loved the look and build and what they're trying to do from a sustainable point of view. The instructions supplied are not good, even when you find the YouTube guide, it misses out steps.When I put the platter on mine and took a spirit level to it, wouldn't sit level, I had to prop it up to an extent.I couldn't get anything to play without distortion. It wasn't that the weighting was wrong, even though that is fiddly as heck, it was that there was so much wobble.I've returned it today, no problem and had my refund issued already. I've bought an audio techinca from Argos instead. You know what, plugged it in, put the platter on and it just worked. I am using it with the speaker from house of Marley though.

So long as you are not a serious audiophile and are simply re-discovering your old record collection, then this turntable is for you. Lacks auto controls and of course, because of that, auto-pick up at the end of the record. Ideal for occasional/medium use and you just can't complain at this price point. Tracking and balance arm weight settings all seem fine to me, even though some reviews mentioned issues. Not had any skipping issues over many tests. I managed to get one from Amazon Warehouse, so 1/3rd of the current retail. The unit is finished nicely, is easy to operate and connected to the speakers via Bluetooth easily. Comes with a cloth cover which I guess is more environmentally friendly than the traditional perspex types of our youth. Now allows us to discover records that have been at the back of the wardrobe for years!

We own two of these. They're a bit tricky to see up as a first timer as the instructions aren't great, but second time round it was much easier. Once set up they play reasonably well, the sound quality is good and they feel reasonably robust to skipping. I'm quite pleased with the build quality of the turntable.The Bluetooth works well once connected, though getting it to pair can be a bit of a pain. I have a set of Edifier 1700BT speakers and it took me quite a few attempts to get them to connect.The major issue with these is the quality of the stylus and cartridge. On the first one we bought this arrived with a faulty cartridge (the sound was really raspy, almost unrecognisable). I bought on offer and Amazon would only do a return and refund so I ended up just buying a new cartridge and stylus (Audio-Technica AT-VM95E VM95). Just replacing the stylus like for like didn't fix the problem.On the second unit we bought, it did work, but the stylus that comes with it is pretty poor quality. The sound quality isn't fantastic and the amount of surface noise is off-putting, particularly when using Bluetooth as the added latency means you really hear the surface noise out of time with the music. I replaced again with the same cartridge as above, and the surface noise is greatly reduced and the overall sound quality is clearer.