AIWA PX-E860 - Turntable - silver

I bought this to play some of the old vinyls having become heartily fed up with CDs and mp3 etc. Don't get me wrong i use pretty much all the electronic gadgetry common today - eg, cowan i audio DAB, decent htc phone, laptops all that sort of thing but nothing gives me the feel of how i knew records to be. Being old enough to have grown up on vinyl (imagine no cds or mp3's what did we do) LPs, singles, EPs etc I became nostalgic for the sound I knew. OK, in my day, I used separates:- turntable, amp, receiver, tape deck etc with decent speakers. Now, I didn't fancy buying it all again and unless you know your stuff, you will, and I mean will, buy some old toffee along the way. Now, my son's girlfriend bought him a modern all in one record player - steepletone i think and best avoided in my opinion but suit yourself? Now, the steepletone would not have passed muster in my day (ghastly thing I think) but is fine for those who want to play the odd record.

I prefer the traditional turntable and knew I could attach this particular model to my TV or other midi system as it has a built in pre-amp. What does this mean to novices like me who want to play vinyl again on the cheap; let me tell you: Flick the switch to on, plug in your RCA cables - red and white - into say your decent telly (cables come with the unit), switch your telly to the appropriate setting/mode and away you go; play your vinyl via your telly. I assume like me you have laid out for a telly with a few rca connection ports. a bit like plugging your games console or dvd into your telly but without a hdmi or scart lead. Basically, the rca cable is to use the speakers on your telly or other thing with speakers like a midi system. Now, many turntables will not do this as they do not have the built in pre-amp equaliser thing. I am not technical. a Traditional turntable will need an amp (more money). This turntable is not manufactured anymore I believe. I think they date to about 2004/6 and were manufactured to make it easy to plug the turntable into another device without the need for an amp. For the money, a very good purchase. Lets face it, for about 30 quid you can plug this thing into a telly, midi system, laptop etc and away you go. Now, of corse you will not replicate the sort of sound I grooved to 30 or 40 years ago as we had speakers as big as doors then. But, for a nice way of listening to vinyl without laying out a fortune I recommend this product. Lets face it, your not going to be out a fortune, it is nicer than the usb turntables i think and it is a real turntable and not a faux one. I feel quite content now and will listen to some very cool sounds the way i used to - vinyl is back and I think we all know it should never have gone away from the mainstream. 4 stars because nothing man made is perfect. My cats are pretty near perfect though.

Purchased this item a bit wary because of the low price but when it arrived two days later I was stunned.
It came well packaged and brand new as described.It is for easy to use being automatic and has a really nice design.
I wired it up through a surround sound system and the sound is crystal clear, just how I remember vinyl sounding in my childhood.
I would recommend this to any fan of vinyl collecting like me with the only downside being the phono lead from the player is a bit too short when hooking it up to an amp/speaker system.That problem is easily solved with the addition of a phono extension lead.All in all, extremely happy I purchased this record player and at the price it is, it's a bargain.

I knew the turntable did not have built in speakers, but assumed I would be able to link this through my TV as I have done with other external units, like DVD etc.. Unfortunately, and despite some help from the seller, I could not get the unit to work with my Samsung TV. I also tried it on a Toshiba TV with the same negative result. Friend took it from me and was able to use it through his hifi system. Would not recommend it for connection with TV speakers.