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3.5 stars
"Does the job"
Pros: Adequate sound, semi-automatic tone arm
Cons: Some rumble
Summary: I decided last spring that it was time to copy my 350 or so albums onto my computer so I could have them on my iPod. I started by hooking up my old Dual turntable with Shure V15 type V cartridge to an unused receiver and hooking that into my sound card. Playing and labeling the records is a time consuming operation, but it was going along OK. I was really enjoying playing some records that I hadn?t heard in 20-25 years. And then the turntable died (I guess 25 years was enough to expect out of it!). It was more than just a broken belt (I had replaced that at the start, when I found that the original belt had dried out and broken). I was now really into converting the records to MP3s, so I decided I would buy a new turntable. Since this would likely be that last time I would use one, I didn?t want to go overboard. The Sony PS-LX250H seemed to fit the bill.
I have now recorded about 200 records with this unit. It seems to have good rotational stability, although I haven?t put a strobe on it to confirm this. The pop, jazz, folk, comedy albums, etc. all sound fine. I am now near the end of the project, about a third of the way through my 22 Time Life Classical record 4-disk box sets. I?ve noticed with these records, records that have many more quiet passages, that there is a low level of rumble. I don?t have my former audiophile unit available to which I could compare it, but I am pretty sure it is there if I turn the volume way up on a quiet cut. It seems to be gone after post-processing in the Roxio sound editor, which I use for capture and filtering of pops, scratches, etc. The general frequency range of the unit is fine. I did change the stylus about half way through to be safe.
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I wanted to record some of my oldies onto cd and/ or cassettes and visa versa, so time consuming, but the Sony PS was just right for the job. Actually some musiq I like to listen to on vinyl. Some musiq on vinyl is even less expensive, and it's become a good hobby, now that I have a turntable, and this one is above average and works out fine with all my equipment.
Actually thier becoming harder to find in some electronic stores, best get a good one now for the history books.
scjr
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