Crosley (except for the C10 model, which is merely a rebranded Pro-Ject Essential turntable. The C100 and C200 are okay to use despite being from Hanpin (BJ-25 and DJ-45/DJ-3560 respectively) December 17th, 2017 - Added a number of UK and Australia brands like Elyxr Audio, Buddee, Cavern Club, and Fenton. Major credit and props go to the moderators, regular posters, and various people in r/vinyl who helped me make this guide happen. December 7th, 2016 - Added a number of brands, such as Art & Sound, DCI (aka Funkyfonic), Winco, and Audionac (both vintage Argentinian brands). Removed "Urban Outfitters" as someone discovered that it's Victrola-branded. Modified the Victrola brand and moved it under the International brands section.

Prices valid in stores (all including VAT) until close of business on 26th November 2023. (Some of these web prices are cheaper than in-store, so please mention that you've seen these offers online.) X 0.5 mil elliptical diamond - most 1905 to 1940's, slightly worn 78s & transcriptions, & some Edison discs.

A Worn stylus can cause Serious ( IrreversibleDamage ) to your records, and provide poor sound quality November 11th, 2016 - Added Laser brand. Fixed formatting for consistency. Overhauled the list again to make it alphabetic. International brands has been rearranged by popularity. Playing vinyl records is a great hobby. It's easy to get started and you don't need to spend a fortune to do so. However, like any hobby, there is both good and bad products out there at both ends of the price/performance spectrum. In general, a record player or turntable needs to do three basic separate, interrelated jobs to successfully play a vinyl record. Some players perform these three jobs better than others and cost much more for the commensurate research, development, and precision manufacturing costs that went into producing them.

SAS -Natural single-crystal, nude-mounted octahedral diamond stylus tip ,The stylus tip is of optimum height and a uniformly ultra-precision finish. The Super Analogue Stylus has a curvature with a smaller radius that was impossible with the Micro Ridge Stylus. As thin as a razor blade and machined with ultra precision, the stylus tip ensures unsurpassed fidelity.Polished finish that virtually preserves your record's grooves.World-class polishing technique is used on each stylus. This is designed to preserve the details of the record groove structure for a very long time — virtually for the life of the vinyl.April 25th, 2017 - Added a whole bunch of brand names to the vintage wooden stereo console section. Also added the Sansui - SLP-5000BT model to be avoided. November 18, 2017 - Added brands such as Miric, Toshiba, G Keni, and Box Legend to the list to be avoided. TEAC (the lower-end models only such as the TN-100, LPR500/LPR550, LPU192CD, LP-P1000, and MC-D800) **(Uses Hanpin FU-700/R200 models and Skywin)**

The dynamic compliance of the ATN91 stylus is ~11 cu (at 10Hz), which puts it at the low end of medium-compliance. Like the AT3600L, it is well matched to high-mass arms and the heavier end of medium-mass arms, although the AT91 performed well on the lighter SL1200 arm. Capacitive Load Here are the following brands and models (if applicable for certain brands) to avoid, which are made from the Skywin (which shares the lionshare of "Crosley" clones in the market, Leetac, Hanpin (model FU-700/R200 models), and other OEM factories:

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For critical YouTube videos on cheap players, watch Roy Unit's video of a Crosley Collegiate versus a used Pioneer turntable and myprofilenameis' Pulse record player. Enjoyable and entertaining, but a bit thin and rough sounding and low on details. But for the money it's perfectly Ok, a decent performer for the price. May 22nd, 2017 - Major thanks to u/hi-fi132 and u/MrRom92 for pointing out an article at Audio Appraisal regarding how a Skywin-built player (GPO Stylo in the article as an example) damages the record grooves with audio samples. Any players that look very similar to exact clones as the FU-700 and R200 are to be avoided due to the reasons as mentioned above!