AT LP120 USB Turntable Listening Test
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Listening test of a recent purchase of mine, an Audio Technica AT-LP-120USB turntable.
Music featured listed below:
"Give Life Back to Music"
(T. Bangalter, G.M. de Homom-Christo, P. Jackson Jr., N. Rodgers)
Performed By Daft Punk
© 2013 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
itunes.apple.com/us/album/ran...
"Endless"
Witten by David Paich
Performed by TOTO
©1984 CBS Records, Hudmar Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
itunes.apple.com/us/album/iso...
"Linda Mujer"
by R. Duchesne
Performed By Eddie Cano and His Orchestra
©1958 Radio Corporation of America
itunes.apple.com/us/artist/ed...
"Mars, The Brinnger of War"
Gustav Holst
Performed by The Berlin Philharmonic
©1981 Polydor International GmbH
itunes.apple.com/us/album/hol...
"Night Drive"
Written and performed by
Giorgio Moroder (BMI)
© 1980 Polydor Incorporated
itunes.apple.com/us/album/ame...
For some reason, the crackles on a record were always charming to me. Strange, I know. I guess it's because it makes it feel loved.
scarlettears Yep. I find hearing surface noise to be satisfying, especially because it reminds me that I am listening to glorious vinyl, and not cassettes, CDs, or digital files.
+scarlettears I found an original Dark Side of the Moon for 5$ at my local store and (having never heard the album before) was in love with the pops and crackles that played throughout the whole thing
ThePeggler Interesting. I have the 2015 reissue of Moving Pictures (I'm a huge Rush fan), and though I have not played the actual vinyl, apparently the pressing was mastered in a way that had minimal surface noise, though even on the digital files from the download card (which happen to be ripped from the actual vinyl), you could still occasionally hear a few pops. :D
Anthony Martin Pretty much if you're hearing it at all. I have heard perfectly clean and functional records and they have absolutely no noise at all. :D
+scarlettears
a friend mine calls it atmosphere! it adds some character to the appreciation of music in a sense!?
Had mine for 4 months now, beautiful performer. I'll probably never need to replace it
Mesmerizing. Sounds amazing, even through RUclips. Thanks for making this video, I think once I'm really determined to buy LP's I'am not going below this player.
This video introduced me to the world of vinyl. It was hard to find it, but I came back to say thank you.
Hi, excellent review, thank you! I'm looking for a turntable to resuscitate my old vinyl collection, and your review helped me in deciding for the AT-LP120. Thanks again!
The sound of the Toto album is just incredible. Great review.
Excellent review video. I just purchased this exact model online last night and it will be delivered tomorrow. I can't wait to check it out. I haven't listened to vinyl since I was a kid (about 35 years). I still have my vinyl but I didn't take very good care of it, again, I was a kid lol. But I have been buying quite a bit over the last couple of weeks and am excited to get back into it.
You sound like me haha
What an awesome review! Love the music too. This is a great looking turntable and I shall soon have one. Thanks so much. From New Zealand. ☺
Great run down! Love the camera work. Cheers!
I just bought it. Waiting for delivery. I love your video and the sound.
Thanks for your time producing this video , lot of great education for me, thanks!!
Great video on this product, looking to purchase an new turntable. Thank you!!!
Glad your enjoying your LP's again nice video love your statue's
Great video, it was very informative. Also, awesome selection of songs!
Nice, that end stuff was really useful
Great review and demonstration! I've been seriously considering an ATLP 120 this really helped!
very nice sound,i hope i can get one of these,looks great also!
This was very useful, thanks for uploading! :)
Good review. Im sold on this.
Thanks for the video good vinyl collection sounds amazing
Incredibly helpful video. Thank you very much!
awesome vlog.
have the same TT and I love it!
I actually like the fact that the turntable is completely manual
Lot's of records that I have (and some bands) have some hidden songs or little pieces of things at the very end of the vinyl and automatic turntables don't get that far in the record to be able to hear it
+amigodebalu Like the Sgt Pepper inner groove for example
exactly
Rush's Fly By Night has chimes that continue to ring even after the end of By-Tor & The Snow Dog which loops forever in the run-out groove until you stop playing that side. That little bit isn't on any other medium that album was released on.
Very comprehensive explanations, thanks!
Props on bringing the mullet back! Legitimately
Noticed you do the same blinking thing that I do. Glad to know I'm not alone.
Oh god. Chronic dry eye in a desert is a thing.
Great review, i found the record player i want and can afford. Thanks!
good review, this was helpful. I'm new to vinyl
Own this turntable for bout a year now. Indeed, it is a low budget, entry level, equipment. Even if I had some difficulties of adjusting the skating, now it's just plays perfect. Changing the cartridge, it my improve the quality of the sound. I am thinking to replace it in the near future with the TD309. Great video.
Audio equipment set-ups are traditionally tested with Steely Dan albums...you'll find out why when you do it.
Nice taste. Good music forever.
The sound is amazing
Great review !
Best review so far
Wow Its really sounds great :) Great Video
Great video! Thanks a lot!
The TOTO album sounds great.
I wish it had manual cueing and auto return. Been thinking of upgrading my old Technics with the AT LP120 USB but those are hard features to give up.
Thanks for the review. Cleaning an album directly before use will greatly reduce static electricity, which IMO is wear most of the noise was coming from in your system.
Very good sound. I love it.
"professional" - means that this turn table is made for dj-ing purposes first as it comes with some functions (like pitch adjustments and backplay) that is not really needed for average consumer who only wants to listen and don't want to do the "scratching". but because it has cartridge and tracking adjustments it can achieve avery good sound quality when properly calibrated with decent cart.
My Technics SL-BD22 has also pitch cotrol but ain't proffesional but it's waaayyy better reliable than this thing and it's 30 years old
@@Badassvidsz yeah but at what cost?
Love the music on your Victor RCA album :)
That Toto track... MAN !
Thanks poster!
Sounded so much better that I initially expected, now I have to get it :)
Bro that thing sounds good. I'll get one this week 🙂
I just love my old Dual tables. a simple model1216 (still running) has been protecting my records since 1979. Records played over and over still sound great. I use Shure and higher end Grado cartridges. Yes, I now have many Duals just for the fun of it. But , For 78 speed records I have a stylus for the Shure. Just slide the everyday stylus out and slide in the 78 stylus. I did have them all professionally serviced a few years back. I am sure they will outlast me.
I just set up this T.T. You played some cool stuff. The old Toto is killer. Underrated group. It all sounded great through my system. I am stoked to get rolling on my old records. !st up Iron Maiden, Number of the beast. Then maybe a Beethoven box set I got when I was a kid. Or Journey, Escape. Dang I cant make up my mind!!!. Cool Vid, Thanks.
Skip the boring stuff to find out how good the AT actually sounds with this banging track 11:34
I like the elephant at the back.
My ears are "drooling". I had a Technics SL 1200 but had to sell it. i still have my record collection. Oh, how I miss this. I will be buying mine soon.
Does the USB only support 44.1k? I'd like to be able to go to 196k through my Apollo Twin II.
nice review.. thanks
I've been looking at one. This was an interesting demo. Most people wouldn't be smart enough to do a demo inline. Well how are you suppose to hear what it sounds like on speakers if you don't. So thanks for doing a proper demo.
Isolation was my third (?) Toto album behind the 1978 debut and TOTO IV.
I just purchased this turntable and i cant get it to work with my computer...i thought it would be pretty straight forward with the usb but just figuring the settings on the recording program im stuck..what programs are easty to use ??
Great review! Good photography, and really nice and USEFUL to have someone finally provide real sampled clips direct off the record rather than most who just wave the camera around between speakers and claim that it sounds great!! :-D No problems with sound off this deck, and through the USB it sounds good quality, so, a decent deck at a decent price! Even comes with a good cartridge that is well aligned already.
Thanks for taking the time to make this a quality review! :-)
Steve's Stuff Thank you for the complement. It drives me crazy as well when people use camera mics for "sound quality" reviews; it's why I made this, as I had difficulty getting a sample before purchasing the turntable.
Steve's Stuff First time I've heard anyone call a turntable a "deck", but OK!!
+Steve's Stuff Steve, if you want to stop your player from just going and going if you fall asleep, you can put a timer on the outlet before you plug it in. They are super cheap and you can set it for whatever time you want it to kill. Kind of like a sleep timer on your television set.
Good Idea. Personally, I don't fall asleep to records, but I know of people who do.
I own a pair of KRK rokit 6's and i was wondering what i would need to do if i was to setup these with this turntable? i heard this turntable has a built in amplifier?
@guildj, this 78rpm needle is fully compatible with your AT95e.
on that classical music you had some static an anti static brush was needed on that one
ohhhh only vinyl records can a 57 year old recording sound that good.
Nice and thanks
Hy what is the perfect tracking force 2gr or 1.5gr? Thanks
You can quiet down the crackles on the record with Linda Mujer on it (or any other record with mild static) You need a velvet brush and dampen it with distilled water.
Thank you.
I love mine as well.
guildj i just bought this model and it doesnt reproduce sound on the left on any of my devices u.u
I own a Technics SL-150 with a Rega RB300 Tonearm / Ortofon Vivo blue moving coil cartridge and I still want to get one of these as they look rather excellent.
Mr Vintage They're a bit more plastic-y than the Technics, but decent quality at the price point.
How does this player function and how is the sound quality compared to the Sony PS-LX310BT? I am really debating between the 2 of these players. They both get great reviews!
When I tried one of these, it came with the previous cartridge. The key difference was that the previous cartridge was a true DJ model that was heavy duty, could take abuse(such as backwards play and cuing) but did not have the audiophile grade fidelity (heavy bass, lesser treble quality). This cartridge is a nice entry level audiophile cartridge. It costs less and is more suited for what most buyers purchase this model for... playing records at home on a turntable of respectable performance.
*Very good guy!!!*
just bought a Queen New Of the World album (and I was tempted to buy like three other queen vinyls lol) and I guess I jumped the shark because I don't have a record player yet but im definitely thinking about buying this one. Also, that Toto album was stellar!
Props for bringing the mullet back brah!
werewolfradio Actually, it's a faux hawk without any product in it, but I can see how it would look like a mullet.
Will a technics 121O dust cover fit this turntable thx 👍
is your tone arm parallel to the platter? If so...how did you do that...cos that turntable won't let you...
Greetings. guildj can you tell me what protractor are you using? Thank you for your time.
the cartridge in the original package is quite aceptable... i try with a shure whitelabel , loud and nice
Thanks for the review! Have you upgraded the cartridge recently? I'm was amazed at how the Toto album sounds. I'm looking to upgrade my Sony turntable, and I didn't even think about the Audio Technica.
+Mark Reyes Not at all; that is the factory cartridge. I only plan to get an additional cartridge for 78 RPM.
The picture doesn't seem to have made it, the 78rpm needle is red, not green and an original Audio Technica product. A few manufacturers have dedicated mono 78rpm carts available. Most of them are not cheap so perhaps another AT95e with a red 78 wired for mono (in a separate head shell) does the trick for you at as low as possible costs.
I used to sell Hi-Fi back in the 70's to early 80's. I really hated DG and learned to love RCA Red Seal. This after a LOT of comparison of the recordings on some of our more exotic gear.
I've found some really sweet live "jazz trio" and "dance band" albums from the late 50's to early 60's at estate sales for less than a dime a piece. After a good cleaning, some of those have become among my favorites. You can almost see and smell the cigarette smoke in the room. Think of the scene in "That Thing you Do" where he meets Dell Paxton. I've found that I can close my eyes and get so immersed in the music that it feels like if I open my eyes I'll be at a small table in the front of the room, surrounded by a small crowd of couples at the tables around me, waitresses weaving their way through with trays of highballs. i.e. it feels like I've traveled back in time.
Do you clean your new records before playing them? If you don't, you will be surprised at how much better they will sound by cleaning them. You might think new records are already clean but they are not. Often residue from the pressing is still in the grooves and that produces noise as I'm sure you know.
I also own the AT LP-120 and very much enjoy it's sound. I have considered upgrading the stylus but the ATP 2 sounds so good I haven't bothered to upgrade. Over the years, I have heard other turntables and styluses and I would say the AT LP-120 ATP 2 is comparable to the better ones I've heard.
For cleaning your records, I suggest the comparably inexpensive SpinClean record cleaner. I have used the SpinClean extensively and have always been pleased with the results.
+Paul's comments and questions I clean the before and after play.
take of the botom plate and fill upp all the emty space with sixaflexs rubber compound.dryes copletly in 24 houers.it greatly improves signal to noice ratio.less resonanses in th chassie.the rubber compound is perfect for this use.done record players 40 years..so i know a little about do and dont.sorry for bad english
You should be able to align the cartridge perfectly with both of the null points of the protractor. This way you are guaranteed to have the proper alignment according to the chosen protractor. You should move the cartridge forward and backward in the head shell and if you again can't achieve perfect alignment on the both null points you can twist the cartridge in the shell to change the offset angle a little bit.
+Origoangelohrol322 I checked it with a protractor. Either it was luck, or the factory had already aligned it just fine.
Can I connect this to my AVR through Phono?
New to record players. What speakers are you using? I assume they aren’t built in to the record player. Any recs would be appreciated.
A lot of the static that we're hearing coming off of those records can be significantly reduced or eliminated all together why discharging static electricity and wet cleaning the record.
It's true. At the radio station, we use wet microfibre cloths before playing a record on air.
Thanks for the every comprehensive review. I've just ordered mine :-) I too need to play 78's and I'd appreciate any advice on an appropriate cartridge/stylus to use. Many thanks, John
Zone1242 I bought a separate cartridge form my 78s and love this machine for playing them. One note, a separate pre-amp for 78s is necessary.
have you compared this to the Fluance RT-81?
Is it normal for the tone arm to sway like that
A perfect review, thanks.
I've just posted a problem video of my AT 120 (well I think it's an issue) just wondered if you could try the same on your deck and see how yours responds.
+kvfive Any turntable will do that. The cartridge picks up vibrations especially strong ones vibrating through the frame. That is why the turntable is on rubber feet.
with this player which speakers you suggest
Can it be conected to a Receiver RX V479 YAMAHA? OUTPUT AUX of this turntable is 150 mv; the INPUT Receiver I don't Know. If you had this experience, please, help me! Because what I heard was distortion...
It can be connected to systems with and without onboard preamps. There is a switch on the back to output to preamp, or line level from a built-in preamp in the turntable.
Do i really need to change the stylus?
I would suggest that if you own one of these like I do then you need to take out the preamp and wire the tonearm directly to the rca outs. then make sure to wire in a ground.
why?
the preamp that is in these units is terrible. It makes the records sound so flat at times. I know it still has the switch that let's you turn off the preamp yet the music is still going through the capacitors on the preamp board. there are a few videos on RUclips that get into way better details on why this is the case. you can also compare it to a similar turntable and you should be able to pick out the difference quite easily. If you're not that picky on the sound then it shouldn't matter. yet if that is the case then stick with cds.
Great review, thanks. Interested to know which cartridge you chose for playing your 78 RPM discs.
Rick Bruce Haven't purchased one yet, but this one seems to have the best reviews: www.needledoctor.com/Grado-78C-Cartridge?sc=2&category=237
There is an "E" model for $60 more, but I can't really see much of a difference. Nevertheless, it will be either of the two when I purchase one, will make sure I post the results of that too.
Hi 👋🏿
I have a problem with the lp120 audio. When i conect it to my mixer or my active speakers the music is very low, even in phono or in line. Do u know what could be the problem?
This turntable has a phono pre-amp that must be switched to "line" to have the proper gain and equalization.
It is a wonderful good looking turntable and expensive too but it for sure lacks one feature and that is it is not fully automatic, it should have the tone arm moving by itself and retreating back automatically, someone also pointed out this thing....I wonder why does it lack this feature.....what are you thoughts on it please .
I'm like you and WANT that tone arm to retreat automatically!! I listen to music while falling asleep many times/napping/ect I'm a boomer;-)..then I'm reading about this unit more and more, it's not designed for us casual home listeners!LOL..which really made me stop and reflect. This unit is designed for PROFESSIONAL DEEJAYING/scratching/cueing/ect. for audio listening pleasure, I've been advised to get a BELT driven deck. Better sound quality/less expensive(no motor) and the deejay bells and whistles are gone. DEEJAYS do not want automatic tonearms!!! So i've been doing some thinking....maybe I need to sell this unit....it's still in a box/shrinkwrap/ from 2014 with the receipt!..take the the proceeds and purchase a belt driven quality unit. I have a used Technics SL D202 recently taken out of storage since 2014 and that's semi automatic. One has to take a screw driver and make adjustments under the cartridge to get that tone arm to return automatically. But you are preaching to the choir about automatic tone arm return!! That's almost a deal killer for me!:-)
Congratulations, great job! That additional equipment was used in the reproduction of discs? Kind regards.
+Flavio M. Zanin None. You're hearing the line out from the turntable.
good music ✌👏💕
Which pre amp or amplifier do you use sir?