Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsAffordable quality
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2018
I have a huge collection of old vinyl that I would like to transfer to mp3s. The really low priced turntables (under $100) just didn't look all that well made until I came across this one from ION. I already own the ION Tailgater speaker and absolutely love it, so I hoped that the turntable would be of a similar quality. It arrived a day or two ahead of schedule and was a breeze to set up. It worked perfectly right out of the box, and within minutes I was streaming vinyl to my Tailgater. It paired on the first try.
The turntable has many features that I only found on the more expensive ones, such as the ability to stream directly to a Bluetooth speaker. It also has some "heft" to it. It has a decent tone arm & stylus with a lever to raise and lower the stylus onto the LP. It also has a full sized dust cover that you can close while your album is playing. The controls are sturdy and well laid out. Just one button on the back turns on the power (the usb & power connections are on the back) and on the front is a real wired headphone jack, a button for Bluetooth pairing and a volume control knob. The turntable also has an "auto on/off" feature that stops the platter and lifts the stylus at the end of your record.
All in all, a decent turntable with features you normally find on turntables costing well over $100. I haven't plugged it in to my computer yet (waiting on a longer USB cable from Amazon), and it also comes with software for transferring and converting your songs to mp3.
