Excellent Turntable for your home not just for DJ's.
Like many of us I have been getting back into "vinyl". Nothing beats spinning the ole "black circle". I have a Technics SL QD 33 from way back in the day. It is a nice turntable but I wanted something more for the audiophile and really make my listening experience shine. I did a lot of online research and I actually ended up buying 3 turntables (I'll explain). First I purchased a used Technics 1200. That was a mistake, it had some issues and I was not able to return it which was bit of a learning experience. I then decided to buy a "cheap clone" of the Technics 1200 and purchased the AT - LP 120 which is a pretty awesome turntable for only $217 dollars on Amazon. Honestly that turntable rocks! So good in fact I decided to dedicate the SL 120 turntable to my bands rehearsal space and hooked it up to the bands PA wow! Post practice vinyl sessions are off the hook fun. Now I still needed a turntable for my home and based on my positive experience with the AT LP 120 I decided...
Two shortcomings
The AT LP1240 is a good solid piece of equipment, and I have only two criticisms:
1. A minor point, but no cartridge mounting screws are included. The screws that come with some carts, (example the suggested Shure M97xE)have heads a bit too large to fit into the adjusting slots of the headshell.
2. More serious, the set-up instructions make no mention of setting up for cartridge alignment (overhang). This should be done before setting tracking force, since the position of the cartridge in the shell will affect tracking force. Only by looking in the specifications do we see that overhang should be 15mm, but someone unfamiliar with setting up turntables might not think to look there.
ATLP1240, Awesome!!!!!
Last year I was impressed by the LP120 quality and performance at it's $200 price point, but the LP1240 exceeded my expectations. The tone arm is all metal and height adjustable, the aluminum platter have a large ferrite ring attached to the platter directly unlike the LP120 where the platter is placed directly on a spindle and you are relying on the grip between the platter and spindle. You get a AT head-shell only, the track light is removable which I had to come to grips with and just accept it. Start and and stop times are adjustable, you have of course a reverse feature, you also have 10% 20% pitch, and if you combine the two you get 50% pitch range. The dust cover is tinted and hinged-less but fits securely around the top on the turntable. RCA cables are of a larger gauge and gold plated and removable, you also have a grounding post and wire with a selectable phone and line switch. The LP1240 is not dual voltage, the power cord is a IEC ground post terminal. course the USB...
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