I just bought this and I am in love with it. I bought a cheaper one and was so unhappy then I stumbled on this review. I returned the other one, bought this model and it's so smooth. I used your unboxing to set it up, thanks so much for sharing. I have not had a record player since I was 20. I sure did miss it. Thanks!!
I've owned my Audio Technica AT-LP120X-USB for several years now. I love it and would definitely recommend it to anyone. It works, functions and, most importantly, sounds great! I have owned more expensive players and IMO this Audio Technica is as good or better. Love this player.
Great video! For the last 5 years I have been listening to my vinyl records on an LP60-BT and it was fine. A couple of days ago I got the LP120XBT-USB and it is much better, both in terms of performance and sound.
I've been looking into upgrading to a better turntable lately and have been undecided about what to get among the audio technica range. And this video helped me choose this one.
I recommend upgrading the stylus to the Ortofon Blue ($210) and use an Ifi Zen phono pre-amp ($200). Changes the whole dynamic! You will hear details you never heard before. On par with the best turntables out there for 1/4 the price. I added an acrylic platter mat too. It's the best.
@@eddellinger1780 - Hey, it’s only money😆. I want to upgrade my Klipsch the Fives powered speakers to the new Sevens but the $1299 is just too heavy for me at the moment. Maybe later this year. I still really love my Fives.
I bit of recommendation if I may regarding the arm setting up. 1. After you balance the arm you put it back on its rest column and secure it. 2. Put the stylus protection back and then set the weight indicator to 0. 3. After that set the entire counterweight to the desired weight 4 Lastly set the antiscating nob to the corresponding value. It is the recommended procedure. And I've seen it recommended as such by many experienced users (and the manufacturer btw). 🙂
Just brought one and it’s pretty nice for the price , but definitely doesn’t have the same feel as my old Technics 1200’s in terms of mixing. Great! for just general listening
Glad it was helpful. Check out my short on how to store your records. Keep them clean. They sell different brushes u can use to keep the dust off. I do a couple swipes with the cleaning brush everytime I play a new record. Thanks so much for watching!
I can see (or should that be ‘hear’?) why this turntable is so popular. Bought one 3 weeks ago. It’s fantastic. One often not mentioned aspect is how good the inbuilt pre-amp is, it’s high 4mv output means that I only have to turn up the volume on my portable headphone amp to the same level as I do quieter mastered cds/streams. With previous turntables/budget preamps I’ve had to max out the volume.
@@1bh2nd3md still going strong. However; The common fault of the tone arm dropping a bit too fast developed; fixed with some damping gel. Have a microline stylus which has taken the sound quality up a couple of notches.
@gavinhardy75 Hey gavin, Mine also developed the too fast dropping of the Tone arm on the record. Where did you apply the Gel? I'm going to try to contact AT support to see if they have a "fix". FWIW, I upgraded the cartridge to a Nagaoka 110. Noticeably better than the Standard Cartride and the AT MV95N that I tried as well.
@@Chiroman527 ruclips.net/video/7t6cAOE-N7o/видео.htmlfeature=shared Remember: apply a very small amount of damping gel to the well with the metal piston that raises up and down, not the hole above it.
I have one and ordered another one, on the way. I am going to hook them up to my Numark mixer, Sansui, Kenwood, Pioneer, ADC system. I bought everything when I was in the USARMY many years ago. I have tons of vinyl and I am a huge Prince fan so I am soo looking forward to hooking everything up in the basement and jammin to my 1999 album! 🥁🎸🎹🎤🎚🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
1: Some harsh remarks from hi-if fans I’ve had for giving this turntable a thumbs up on other vids. ‘It’s made by the same company that make £50 stuff, the top chassis is plastic, it’s not weighty enough, “I give up, enjoy your junk” etc. 2: My personal experience. I own a great dac/headphone amp and a pair of £300 open back headphones, last night I played the highly regarded 2015 hi res remaster of the album ‘Forever Changes’ by Love. I then payed the equally highly regarded vinyl reissue of that album on the 120x. Aside from some low surface noise on quiet musical sections the level of detail was very close to the hi res transfer from the original master tapes that the hi res compatible dac/amp is processing. This is from the TT stock stylus and inbuilt pre-amp. As such I’ve ignored others telling me I’m ‘wrong’.
You aren't wrong, this is a great turntable made by the same company that makes TT for other companies. Let them rant on. Just enjoy music. I would tell them that if you really want to enjoy pure music, go CD. The new discs are so much better than current LP vinyl presses. No pops, no scratches, no groove noise, no flipping the record over, etc. I have both as I have 375 albums I've had for up to 50 years. Can't dump them, many are not available on CD and are too good to get rid of. Of course, I have 250 or more CDs. I just like to play music, no matter the format.
Great video! I’m getting into vinyls and I was wondering if the speakers being that close to the turntable affected the needle for you. I’ve been hearing that the speakers have to be away from the turntable.
Thanks for the video! I ordered this turntable today for my christmas gift. This will be my very first vinyl player :). After watching many videos about this machine I got one question. I understand that this is manual player, but will it automaticaly change to next song? 😂
This TT cannot be recommended enough. If you are thinking of buying a sub $200 TT pay some more and get this one. It punches above its weight. And the HD-BT is the icing on the cake feature that makes it current.
How far can you go with the Bluetooth? I bought the Insignia table and the BT connection is pretty terrible... I put it in my dining room and in the kitchen (the next room over) I lose connection on my airpods, so I'm looking for something better... Also, can the AT-LP120XBT connect to a receiver via Bluetooth or is it just headphones/wireless speakers?
I'm not gonna be too much help here as I have only tried the blue tooth connected about 20ft away with my sound bar. Also I have not been able to connect via my ear buds, maybe someone can help me with that. I press the BT button on my sound bar and the BT button on the turntable and they automatically link up. It's been a great player for me so far. Thanks so much for watching!
I have this turntable connected to a soundbar system (which includes a subwoofer by Bluetooth. I have no receiver and/or pre-amp. Just the turntable and Bluetooth soundbar system. If I turn the volume up on the soundbar above about 60% I begin getting a very bad humming sound. If I turn the subwoofer off it stops. I've tried placing the subwoofer on a foam bad to isolate vibrations thru the floor and that didn't help. I move the subwoofer as far away from the turntable as possible (approx. 20') and that didn't help. If I turn the subwoofer off while playing a record the humming stops. I checked the turntable cartridge and it seems fine. Listening to the TV through the soundbar produces no hum. Just the turntable. I've read that this could be a grounding issue (ground loop) and the fix is to ground it to your receiver or pre-amp but I am using neither. Also, the turntable and the soundbar are around 10' apart from one another. Can you give me any suggestions on how to fix this issue? It's very annoying.
Dj's table usually don't have automatic return because if it had that the dj's would have trouble if they use it in the clubs & they would like to play the last song on the records (both sides) & it goes up to the rest stand.
I have this TT - awesome for sure especially for the $$$$$ . Perhaps someone knows about an issue I have with Mine. When I use the Lift to raise the Tonearm and then use the lever to lower the tonearm, it drops the Tonearm too Quickly to the record? Is there some adjustment ? Or is the lever malfunctioning? THX . BTW, I upgraded the cartridge 2X. First to the AT MV95 , then to a Nagaoka 110. The Naga is the winner!. More Umph, and clarity to my ear.
I've had them cranked up pretty loud but I don't know if I've turned them up to 11 for long duration of time lol. I would say these are great speakers for a medium sized room but they do have some muscle behind them when you want to turn them up. I'm going to pair them with a 10 inch sub just because... they do already have a decent amount of bass for bookshelf speakers. Thanks so much for watching!
@@BriansBadassReviews I paired my 1855db with the Elac Sub1010 and they sound awesome!!! Problem is I havent cranked them above 50% hence the question. Lol! Do a review of it when paired to a sub, the sub really opens up a whole new dimension!
@@AbsoluteFidelity dang now I really want to go out and get that sub!!! Lol. Yea I wanna do a review of the speakers. I think ur right... I'll wait until I have the sub. Thanks man!
@@BriansBadassReviews what sub are you intending to get? There are a few excellent budget subs like the polk psw10, elac sub1010, dayton and the monoprice... ive heard the sub1010 and psw10 side by side and rhe elac sounded the most musical, had the lowest bass too. I have not heard the dayton and monoprice though because Im not in the states. There is a small clip of that elac and the 1700BTs on my channel, very low volumes but it sounds out of this world!
@@AbsoluteFidelity I'm probably gonna grab the polk psw10... the reviews are good on it... I don't need something to rumble the walls but like you said I'm looking to round out the sound.
Hello! My Sony ps-lx310bt is connected to a preamp device and the therefore the switch is set to phono. When I want to use my Bluetooth headphones I just press the button, nothing more. Anyone knows if this turntable works the same way? I mean, can it be connected the same way as my Sony and just press the Bluetooth button when I want to listen with headphones?
I can't speak for headphones as I haven't tried it but when I want to listen to it on my living room soundbar I hit the bluetooth button on the player and the soundbar and they automatically pair up. It's pretty cool. Thanks so much for watching!
I got the audio technica AT LP 1240. Decent but nothing special. Sound quality wise my rega planar 3 slaps it. The motor and the pitch control on the AT LP 1240 are crazy. They're much harder workers than the legendary TEC 12,s
I just bought this and I am in love with it. I bought a cheaper one and was so unhappy then I stumbled on this review. I returned the other one, bought this model and it's so smooth. I used your unboxing to set it up, thanks so much for sharing. I have not had a record player since I was 20. I sure did miss it. Thanks!!
I've owned my Audio Technica AT-LP120X-USB for several years now. I love it and would definitely recommend it to anyone. It works, functions and, most importantly, sounds great!
I have owned more expensive players and IMO this Audio Technica is as good or better. Love this player.
Couldn't agree more. Couldn't be happier with this purchase. Hasn't let me down yet. Thanks so much for watching!
Great video! For the last 5 years I have been listening to my vinyl records on an LP60-BT and it was fine. A couple of days ago I got the LP120XBT-USB and it is much better, both in terms of performance and sound.
Rock on! I have been nothing but impressed with mine. Thanks for the kind words and thanks so much for watching!
Surprisingly the same set-up as me it rocks! great bass off those edifiers!
I've been looking into upgrading to a better turntable lately and have been undecided about what to get among the audio technica range. And this video helped me choose this one.
I bought one of these exact models. I love it.
I recommend upgrading the stylus to the Ortofon Blue ($210) and use an Ifi Zen phono pre-amp ($200). Changes the whole dynamic! You will hear details you never heard before. On par with the best turntables out there for 1/4 the price. I added an acrylic platter mat too. It's the best.
Thanks for the tips!!
@@eddellinger1780 - Hey, it’s only money😆. I want to upgrade my Klipsch the Fives powered speakers to the new Sevens but the $1299 is just too heavy for me at the moment. Maybe later this year. I still really love my Fives.
I bit of recommendation if I may regarding the arm setting up.
1. After you balance the arm you put it back on its rest column and secure it.
2. Put the stylus protection back and then set the weight indicator to 0.
3. After that set the entire counterweight to the desired weight
4 Lastly set the antiscating nob to the corresponding value.
It is the recommended procedure. And I've seen it recommended as such by many experienced users (and the manufacturer btw). 🙂
Was considering this turntable and thought id do some research on it. I enjoyed your in depth video thanks , I'll be buying this model soon.
Sorry for the late response. Did you end up getting it and if so how's it working out for you? Thanks so much for watching!
Just brought one and it’s pretty nice for the price , but definitely doesn’t have the same feel as my old Technics 1200’s in terms of mixing. Great! for just general listening
To improve sound, i understand that the stylus can be changed.
Which stylus would you recommend?
Great to hear guitar rock is back!
This was so helpful! Thank you! Do you by any chance have any advice on how to avoid the records skipping?
Glad it was helpful. Check out my short on how to store your records. Keep them clean. They sell different brushes u can use to keep the dust off. I do a couple swipes with the cleaning brush everytime I play a new record. Thanks so much for watching!
I can see (or should that be ‘hear’?) why this turntable is so popular. Bought one 3 weeks ago. It’s fantastic. One often not mentioned aspect is how good the inbuilt pre-amp is, it’s high 4mv output means that I only have to turn up the volume on my portable headphone amp to the same level as I do quieter mastered cds/streams. With previous turntables/budget preamps I’ve had to max out the volume.
How's the turntable doing now?
@@1bh2nd3md still going strong. However; The common fault of the tone arm dropping a bit too fast developed; fixed with some damping gel. Have a microline stylus which has taken the sound quality up a couple of notches.
Mines still cranking out the tunes. I love it. Thanks so much for watching!
@gavinhardy75 Hey gavin, Mine also developed the too fast dropping of the Tone arm on the record. Where did you apply the Gel? I'm going to try to contact AT support to see if they have a "fix". FWIW, I upgraded the cartridge to a Nagaoka 110. Noticeably better than the Standard Cartride and the AT MV95N that I tried as well.
@@Chiroman527 ruclips.net/video/7t6cAOE-N7o/видео.htmlfeature=shared
Remember: apply a very small amount of damping gel to the well with the metal piston that raises up and down, not the hole above it.
I have one and ordered another one, on the way. I am going to hook them up to my Numark mixer, Sansui, Kenwood, Pioneer, ADC system. I bought everything when I was in the USARMY many years ago. I have tons of vinyl and I am a huge Prince fan so I am soo looking forward to hooking everything up in the basement and jammin to my 1999 album! 🥁🎸🎹🎤🎚🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊
That's awesome. Thank you for your service. Absolutely love my player. Can't go wrong with Prince! Thanks so much for watching!
@@BriansBadassReviews Thanks Brian! 🇺🇸
1: Some harsh remarks from hi-if fans I’ve had for giving this turntable a thumbs up on other vids. ‘It’s made by the same company that make £50 stuff, the top chassis is plastic, it’s not weighty enough, “I give up, enjoy your junk” etc.
2: My personal experience. I own a great dac/headphone amp and a pair of £300 open back headphones, last night I played the highly regarded 2015 hi res remaster of the album ‘Forever Changes’ by Love. I then payed the equally highly regarded vinyl reissue of that album on the 120x. Aside from some low surface noise on quiet musical sections the level of detail was very close to the hi res transfer from the original master tapes that the hi res compatible dac/amp is processing. This is from the TT stock stylus and inbuilt pre-amp.
As such I’ve ignored others telling me I’m ‘wrong’.
You aren't wrong, this is a great turntable made by the same company that makes TT for other companies. Let them rant on. Just enjoy music. I would tell them that if you really want to enjoy pure music, go CD. The new discs are so much better than current LP vinyl presses. No pops, no scratches, no groove noise, no flipping the record over, etc. I have both as I have 375 albums I've had for up to 50 years. Can't dump them, many are not available on CD and are too good to get rid of. Of course, I have 250 or more CDs. I just like to play music, no matter the format.
Thanks for the video ! It was a joy to watch it !
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching!
Great video! I’m getting into vinyls and I was wondering if the speakers being that close to the turntable affected the needle for you. I’ve been hearing that the speakers have to be away from the turntable.
Yes you need to move them a little further apart of you will get a feedback hum. Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks for the video! I ordered this turntable today for my christmas gift. This will be my very first vinyl player :). After watching many videos about this machine I got one question. I understand that this is manual player, but will it automaticaly change to next song? 😂
Yes. But you need to turn the record over for side 2!
This TT cannot be recommended enough. If you are thinking of buying a sub $200 TT pay some more and get this one. It punches above its weight. And the HD-BT is the icing on the cake feature that makes it current.
Brian's Badass Reviews Can you connect any mixer & bluetooth speakers ?
Could pair your phone as well with this turntable?
I mean for putting on music from streaming while having speakers plugged into it?
Stylist? I think you mean stylus 🤘😂
LOL! yup..... that's what I meant... thanks and thanks so much for watching!
@@BriansBadassReviews it's all goodl 😊👍
can you leave the felt on the platter while playing a record?
Definitely leave the felt on when spinning vinyl. Protects your records.
Great stuff man!
Thanks brotha!
How far can you go with the Bluetooth? I bought the Insignia table and the BT connection is pretty terrible... I put it in my dining room and in the kitchen (the next room over) I lose connection on my airpods, so I'm looking for something better...
Also, can the AT-LP120XBT connect to a receiver via Bluetooth or is it just headphones/wireless speakers?
I'm not gonna be too much help here as I have only tried the blue tooth connected about 20ft away with my sound bar. Also I have not been able to connect via my ear buds, maybe someone can help me with that. I press the BT button on my sound bar and the BT button on the turntable and they automatically link up. It's been a great player for me so far. Thanks so much for watching!
We’ve got one of these . Is the arm supposed return to the start automatically after a record finishes because ours is not doing this ?
No auto return on this one... its based on a dj style turn table so no return. Thanks so much for watching!
I have this turntable connected to a soundbar system (which includes a subwoofer by Bluetooth. I have no receiver and/or pre-amp. Just the turntable and Bluetooth soundbar system. If I turn the volume up on the soundbar above about 60% I begin getting a very bad humming sound. If I turn the subwoofer off it stops. I've tried placing the subwoofer on a foam bad to isolate vibrations thru the floor and that didn't help. I move the subwoofer as far away from the turntable as possible (approx. 20') and that didn't help. If I turn the subwoofer off while playing a record the humming stops. I checked the turntable cartridge and it seems fine. Listening to the TV through the soundbar produces no hum. Just the turntable. I've read that this could be a grounding issue (ground loop) and the fix is to ground it to your receiver or pre-amp but I am using neither. Also, the turntable and the soundbar are around 10' apart from one another. Can you give me any suggestions on how to fix this issue? It's very annoying.
Are you solve the problem?
Love this table, just wish it has an automatic return!
yea that would be awesome. Thanks so much for watching!
Dj's table usually don't have automatic return because if it had that the dj's would have trouble if they use it in the clubs & they would like to play the last song on the records (both sides) & it goes up to the rest stand.
what brush did u use?
Am been trying to get that exact Tt but they don’t make them with BT any more or not in my Amazon’s account any ways
Is that a first pressing of Ten by Pearl Jam that I see in the background?
Nah.. I WISH! I have the redux version and the purple version from last year. Thanks so much for watching!
I have this TT - awesome for sure especially for the $$$$$ . Perhaps someone knows about an issue I have with Mine. When I use the Lift to raise the Tonearm and then use the lever to lower the tonearm, it drops the Tonearm too Quickly to the record? Is there some adjustment ? Or is the lever malfunctioning? THX . BTW, I upgraded the cartridge 2X. First to the AT MV95 , then to a Nagaoka 110. The Naga is the winner!. More Umph, and clarity to my ear.
No adjustment possible. Just lower slower with lever or by hand
Got a quick question... does the R1850DB distort in any way at max volume with the bass and treble knobs at noon?
I've had them cranked up pretty loud but I don't know if I've turned them up to 11 for long duration of time lol. I would say these are great speakers for a medium sized room but they do have some muscle behind them when you want to turn them up. I'm going to pair them with a 10 inch sub just because... they do already have a decent amount of bass for bookshelf speakers. Thanks so much for watching!
@@BriansBadassReviews I paired my 1855db with the Elac Sub1010 and they sound awesome!!! Problem is I havent cranked them above 50% hence the question. Lol! Do a review of it when paired to a sub, the sub really opens up a whole new dimension!
@@AbsoluteFidelity dang now I really want to go out and get that sub!!! Lol. Yea I wanna do a review of the speakers. I think ur right... I'll wait until I have the sub. Thanks man!
@@BriansBadassReviews what sub are you intending to get? There are a few excellent budget subs like the polk psw10, elac sub1010, dayton and the monoprice... ive heard the sub1010 and psw10 side by side and rhe elac sounded the most musical, had the lowest bass too. I have not heard the dayton and monoprice though because Im not in the states. There is a small clip of that elac and the 1700BTs on my channel, very low volumes but it sounds out of this world!
@@AbsoluteFidelity I'm probably gonna grab the polk psw10... the reviews are good on it... I don't need something to rumble the walls but like you said I'm looking to round out the sound.
i got the atlp120xbt usb and it sounds more expensive than its price tag suggests im partnering my deck with yamaha amp and mission speakers
That's awesome. Thanks so much for watching!
Thanks so much for watching everyone!
Hello!
My Sony ps-lx310bt is connected to a preamp device and the therefore the switch is set to phono. When I want to use my Bluetooth headphones I just press the button, nothing more. Anyone knows if this turntable works the same way? I mean, can it be connected the same way as my Sony and just press the Bluetooth button when I want to listen with headphones?
I can't speak for headphones as I haven't tried it but when I want to listen to it on my living room soundbar I hit the bluetooth button on the player and the soundbar and they automatically pair up. It's pretty cool. Thanks so much for watching!
@@BriansBadassReviews thanks! Audio technica said it would work, but only if you switch to LINE output. I think I will get this anyway, good review!
Brian 👊
Thanks Brotha!
Does the AT-LP120XBT-USB have Reverse ?
No. Why would you want it anyway? You should NEVER listen to records backwards, it doesn't do the records or the stylus any good.
No, but Audio Technica AT-LP140 XP does.
I got the audio technica AT LP 1240. Decent but nothing special. Sound quality wise my rega planar 3 slaps it. The motor and the pitch control on the AT LP 1240 are crazy. They're much harder workers than the legendary TEC 12,s
04:40 its a STYLUS not a stylist lol
And is actually the head shell holding the cartridge to which the stylus is attached. 😅