Best Turntables for Automatic

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Denon DP-300F

$295.00 Est. at Amazon

from Van from Woburn, MA, www.circuitcity.com
i set this up out of the box in about 5 minutes, put on a high quality record from 30 years ago, and was rewarded with excellent sound quality, fully automatic operation, and very impressive quality.
from Benihana from NJ, www.circuitcity.com
there aren't many good quality fully automatic turntables available.
from www.crutchfield.com
the unit has a pre-amp for versatile connectivity and auto start / stop which automatically sets and retracts the arm.
from www.amazon.com
we particularly liked that it was an automatic turntable.
from www.amazon.com
everything about it is perfect, from it's automatic return arm to the weight of the system.

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Positives: Excellent Sound Quality, Excellent Affordability, Good Skip Control, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM

2 RECOMMENDED by 26 people for AUTOMATIC

Audio-Technica AT-PL120

$232.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
i hooked it straight to my computer (cable is not included just the rca cables and power cord) the only disadvantage to this turntable is, it has no automatic start or stop the start is ok you put
from www.amazon.com
i wish it was fully automatic, but since i don't plan on keeping the turntable after i am finished transferring my albums, the manual feature is ok with me.
from www.amazon.com
is great.as other reviewers have previously pointed out,the leads from turntable to amp could be longer and it would be nice if it were semi-auto.all-in-all a nice three speed machine for the money.
from www.amazon.com
when it gets done playing a record, the arm will not retract automatically.
from www.amazon.com
my only problem with this player so far is that it isn't an automatic -- and by that i mean the tone arm has to be lifted off the record manually.

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Positives: Good Affordability, Great Sound Quality, Nice Durability, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM, 78 RPM

3 RECOMMENDED by 5 people for AUTOMATIC

Sony PS-LX300USB

$127.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
actually, it is a fairly standard semi-automatic turntable like might be included with a cheaper system of the eighties -- but that's all it has to be since the software can enhance and restore the
from www.amazon.com
very nifty product, well-designed with start/stop/lift buttons and automatic lift at end of lp.
from www.amazon.com
on live albums there is no quiet period between the tracks so it can't autodetect them, so you get one giant track.
from www.amazon.com
and restoration tool (wizard), "save tracks as audio files on your hard drive." if it would select tracks correctly, then it automatically would create separate wav/mp3 tracks for each song.
from www.amazon.com
i could not figure out how to slice the album into tracks and the auto track detection never works correctly.

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Positives: Good Sound Quality, Nice Affordability, Easy To Use, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM

4 RECOMMENDED by 12 people for AUTOMATIC

Audio-Technica AT-PL50

$139.00 Est. at Amazon

from JohnT from Grand Rapids, MI, www.circuitcity.com
the sound is clear and well-balanced, and the automatic functions make it very easy to use and gentle on the old records.
from Danny from Jacksonville, Florida, www.circuitcity.com
i'm noaudiophile by far, but i think this a great value for a full auto turntable and the sound is great!
from PegL from Stockton, CA, www.circuitcity.com
the sound quality is great, it's slightly smaller than most (space saver), it's easy to operate (automatic feature), and the price is unbelieveable.
from mshan242700, www.pricegrabber.com
strengths: stylish, fully automatic, actually sounds surprisingly good weaknesses: at it's pricepoint, none.
from www.pricegrabber.com
if you have a stash of old lps that have just been collecting dust, this is a very nice sounding, fully automatic turntable that is essentially plug and play.

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Positives: Great Affordability, Good Sound Quality, Easy To Use, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM

5 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for AUTOMATIC

Numark

$128.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
audiophiles may shudder due to the lack of features - it is not a direct drive, but belt driven and no way to auto raise the arm when flipping the record.
from www.amazon.com
once you have recorded your song from record or tape, just export as mp3 to any other drive & it automatically saves as an mp3 on that drive.
from www.amazon.com
it automatically imports the song into itunes, but i use windows media player, so i had to copy the songs into the wmp library.
from www.amazon.com
sort of like putting a tachometer on a car with an automatic transmission.
from www.amazon.com
would i like to have had auto return and a tone arm lift?

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Sound Quality, Nice Affordability, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM

Pioneer PL-990

$114.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.pricegrabber.com
it's features are ideal including the automatic placement of the cartridge on the record.
from www.amazon.com
i'm really pleased with this turntable - i love that it is fully automatic.
from www.amazon.com
it features speed control, arm control, 45 play capability, fully automatic, just about everything you want in a player.
from www.amazon.com
i went with this one since it was automatic and less expensive.
from www.amazon.com
this is a nice turntable,that is fully automatic...the isolation is only fair,and not very rugged...well its plastic...the list is 119.99,and sells for about 99 bucks...for better overall quality,go

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Positives: Excellent Affordability, Great Sound Quality, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM, 78 RPM, Drive Type: Belt

Audio-Technica AT-LP2D

$140.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.crutchfield.com
that worked great and i was stunned when itunes automatically found the titles and info - i thought since i converted analog to digital it wouldn't recognize it.
from Upacreek from TN, www.circuitcity.com
the sound quality is very good and a lot of the pops and scratches are eliminated automatically.
from A Customer from Apple Valley, MN, clickfrom.buy.com
by default, the player operates in automatic mode: press a button and the the album starts playing.
from Woody from Clearwater, Florida, www.circuitcity.com
the only real complaint is that the auto-volume was toohigh.
from www.amazon.com
this is an automatic turntable, so the arm is controlled by the buttons (no need to manually lift and place the needle back down).

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Affordability, Good Sound Quality, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM

ION Audio TTUSB05

$88.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
this turntable is nice in that it is automatic (sort of).
from N/A, www.newegg.com
it cleans up most of the pops, clicks and other noise on my old lp's cons: the audacity was not an automatic setup, but it is free software and works well.
from Xander, www.newegg.com
it has automatic song recognition via gracenote which sweet, but it takes a long time, sometimes is wrong, and cannot be disabled.
from www.amazon.com
the needles for this model are quite flimsy, so just be careful, again the automatic arm helps tremendously and is a must, as is the dust cover.
from www.amazon.com
i had hoped to use the gracenote software to auto-label the tracks, but you can't have everything.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Affordability, Good Sound Quality, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM

Drive ION ITTUSB Belt-Drive

$99.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
first the cons; it's not automatic so it requires monitoring during recording.
from www.amazon.com
3) you have to manually lift the tonearm off the record (a tonearm lift lever would've been nice!), plus no auto-shutoff when the tonearm is returned to its post (okay, i'm reliving my old kenwood
from www.amazon.com
on both machines windows ran me through several set-up wizards that installed the following drivers (it's all automatic, just click when it tells you to): usb compliant device, usb audio device, usb
from www.amazon.com
this system will not allow you to automatically record a whole side of a record and then let it find the track divisions and titles on line.
from www.amazon.com
finally, i wish there was some automation for dropping the tone arm down and picking it up at the end, but this isn't going to go into my home stereo set up anyway (although it could since it also

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Affordability, Good Sound Quality, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM

Sony PS-LX250

$90.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the best features of the turntable are that it is fully automatic and has a built in amplifier, so you can connect it directly to any amplifier or to a computer soundcard.
from www.amazon.com
it has three buttons on the front: #1 automatically starts the turntable and places the needle arm on the lp (placement is excellent) #2 lifts the arm, returns it to the off position and stops the
from www.amazon.com
this eliminates such a dilemma, it is automatic man you just press the start button and it finds the right spot and there you go.
from www.amazon.com
just plug it into your stereo system, hit the start button and it will play automatically until it gets to the end of the record and it will return automatically.
from www.amazon.com
i hit the "start" button on the front of the turntable and the arm automatically went up, then down on the edge of the record...how easy was that?

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Affordability, Great Sound Quality, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM

Technics SL-BD20D

$124.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
dj turntables with direct drive and all the beeps and whistles for adjustments and a very expensive shure stylus with it, and the sound quality is just as good with this semi-automatic slbd20d.
from www.amazon.com
attempting to transcribe some rare soundtrack albums unavailable on cd, i discovered to my dismay that my venerable dual automatic turntable - buried for more than ten years under several stacks of
from www.amazon.com
i wanted a turntable that was an automatic or at least had automatic return.
from www.amazon.com
and technics semi-automatic turntable (sl-bd20d)
from www.amazon.com
it's a sweet and smooth semi-automatic which means you put the needle down and it will lift the tonearm,return it to it's resting position and the whole unit shuts itself off (awesome for couch

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Positives: Nice Affordability, Good Skip Control, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM, Drive Type: Belt

Thorens TD158

$451.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.beachaudio.com
it is an automatic with preset tracking force and antiskating (no adjustments).
from Oscar Anderson from Middleton, WI, clickfrom.buy.com
i bought the td158 to replace my ailing technics and, though not a big step up in price, it really sounded noticeably better and the automatic functions remind me of a dual table i once owned back in
from www.beachaudio.com
i wanted the automatic start and shutoff features, and don't need the 78 speed that the higher priced thorens models include.
from www.amazon.com
while this turntable isn't cheap, it is affordable and, unlike most turntables, plays all 3 speeds (33, 45 and 78 rpm) and has a convenient auto-return feature (nice to have in the cd age).
from www.amazon.com
if you want a decent automatic to replace your old worn out turntable that is not going to cost a small fortune and is not truely a cheap $100 piece of junk, i think the td 158 fits the bill.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM, Drive Type: Belt

Pioneer PL 990

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from www.amazon.com
i'm really pleased with this turntable - i love that it is fully automatic.
from www.amazon.com
it features speed control, arm control, 45 play capability, fully automatic, just about everything you want in a player.
from www.amazon.com
fully auto with a dampened dust cover and a metal turntable with rubber mat.
from www.amazon.com
the best part is the automatic: feature.
from www.amazon.com
i went with this one since it was automatic and less expensive.

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Positives: Nice Affordability, Great Skip Control, Nice Sound Quality

Ion Audio TTUSB 10 Vinyl Recording USB

$159.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the "easy vinyl converter" software that also accompanies the turntable is very time consuming to use, especially if one uses it to break the tracks into individual files ("automatic track
from www.amazon.com
but for the money, i thought it should have had an automatic tone arm return.
from www.amazon.com
(it can even be set to divide the record into tracks automatically.) the tracks you've recorded will be automatically imported into your itunes folder.
from www.amazon.com
the software automatically sends your selections to itunes after recording.
from www.amazon.com
the automatic tracking never worked for us.

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Positives: Many Features, Great Durability, Speed Settings: 33.3 RPM, 45 RPM, 78 RPM, Belt Drive

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Best Turntables for Automatic

Denon DP-300F

Audio-Technica AT-PL120

Sony PS-LX300USB

Audio-Technica AT-PL50

Numark

Pioneer PL-990

Audio-Technica AT-LP2D

ION Audio TTUSB05

Drive ION ITTUSB Belt-Drive

Sony PS-LX250

Technics SL-BD20D

Thorens TD158

Pioneer PL 990

Ion Audio TTUSB 10 Vinyl Recording USB

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