House of Marley Stir It Up Wireless Turntable - Bluetooth Record Player, 2-Speed Sustainably Made Vinyl Player, Home Turntables for Vinyl Records, Built In Pre-Amp, Audio-Technica Cartridge, Bamboo

I had another turntable setup in my office which always disappointed me. I saw this on a warehouse deal for £72 and thought I'd give it a go. At that price it is incredible, the internal phono stage seems to be pretty decent.I think at RRP of £200 I may not be quite as satisfied, it looks amazing and has some useful features, like auto stop at the end of an album. It also has a replaceable cartridge which is a fairly cheap upgrade, although the supplied cartridge is not to bad.It also looks fantastic and generally feels well made.On the downside, the anti-skate isn't the greatest and I seem to need to unplug it between uses. At full price I think there would be better alternatives at around the same price or slightly more.

Not having used a record player for about 30 years and after reading some reviews I thought I had made a big mistake with talk of balancing the tone arm and setting the tracking force which was all new to me. In reality it took about half a minute of fiddling with the weight on the arm (leaving the tracking at zero) and my old records play complete without any skips. Ive paired it with the House of Marley Get Together Bluetooth Speaker and it sounds great and I think even better than my high end separates from back in the day . The bluetooth connection initially took some time, but after initial set up pairing is now almost instant. I got both items in Warehouse deals which cut the total price in half and both turntable and speaker appear brand new in original packaging. Really stylish looking equipment. Very happy and recommended.

I bought this because I wanted something fun that I could move around. It looks great. It feels solidly built and for the price it's clearly been thoughtfully designed to pack as much quality and value as possible. For someone looking for a beginner turntable this might be a good option as long as you know how to balance and set up a counterweight.The cartridge is a solid choice, entry-level, but well respected. Certainly better than the ceramic options on many turntables at this price point. It sounds good... depending on what you are listening to.However there are some caveats, which I'll mention in case they matter to you.1. Wow (RMS) ie. the fluctuation in the platter's rotation speed. For me it was very audible on anything with sustained notes (think Vienna by Ultravox). Even after buying a platter weight it was still quite apparent. You many not notice, some are more sensitive to it than others and I one of them apparently. In various tests this varied between 0.26-0.36. In contrast an old and long neglected Aiwa from an old midi system measured 0.12-0.16. Marley have done their best to smooth things out with a speed sensor, but I suspect the quality of motor used here and in many other decks aren't as good as those used in previous decades. But you may not notice or mind, so feel free to ignore this.2. Anti-skate - this does not work like on other turntables I know of, where you would match it to the tracking force (how hard the stylus presses down on the record). If you read the reviews you'll see many comments on problems with it, but that's because they're expecting it to work like normal anti-skate. For this turntable they suggest turning it to zero and, IF you get skipping towards the end of the side, gradually increase it. I had the skipping problem and the 'anti-skate' does fix that, but it does not reduce the centripetal (things get pulled inwards, as opposed to centrifugal where things get pushed outwards) force for barely anything more than the runout track. I don't believe it was a fault in this unit as another I tried did the same thing. The design seems to be working as intended, just not like most people would expect.I like so much about this turntable and I really wanted to be able to justify keeping it. But in the end I couldn't. So close to awesome, but falls short. But you may love it.

Just purchased this turntable following feedback from a friend and I can’t thank him enough for recommending this. I’ve just redecorated the house and was in The market to add a turntable as I have a classic collection of various records that were due to be played again. The set up was straightforward and easy and most importantly the sound was great when playing back through my house house of Marley speakers. The whole set looks great and have had lovey comments from friends and family who have viewed this in my house.

I really wanted to like this. I loved the look and build and what they're trying to do from a sustainable point of view. The instructions supplied are not good, even when you find the YouTube guide, it misses out steps.When I put the platter on mine and took a spirit level to it, wouldn't sit level, I had to prop it up to an extent.I couldn't get anything to play without distortion. It wasn't that the weighting was wrong, even though that is fiddly as heck, it was that there was so much wobble.I've returned it today, no problem and had my refund issued already. I've bought an audio techinca from Argos instead. You know what, plugged it in, put the platter on and it just worked. I am using it with the speaker from house of Marley though.

looks greatsounds greatwell worth it