Technics SLBD20D

Pros: A gem of a turntable, capable of excellence.

Cons: A throw away cartridge (or at least the conical stylus).

The Bottom Line: The turntable is quite a good turntable, but is flawed by the cheap conical stylus.

Review: This is a magnificent turntable for critical listeners. Please everyone, if you don't know about turntables, read a guide to things like tone arms and cartridges. Rarely do any price turntables come with a good cartridge. This is a P-mount design, ...

Pros: Inexpensive; semi-automatic; easy to use.

Cons: No power indication LED.

The Bottom Line: All-n-all I am very pleased with the Technics SL-BD20D. For the price point (sub-$150.00) turntable is a basic unit that allows me to play those long forgotten albums.

Review: Anyone who came of age before the advent of the CD-ROM in the eighties, most likely has a large collection of Long Play (LP 33-1/3rmp) and Short Play (SP 45rmp) albums collecting dust in some dark coat closet. At least that was my particular situation. ...

Pros: Simple, plug and play design gets the new user up and running quickly.

Cons: Outdated tonearm means very pedestrian reproduction quality.

The Bottom Line: If you just want to spin old vinyl once in a while, and aren't really concerned about sound quality, you could do worse. Otherwise, look elsewhere.

Review: I purchased this unit over 15 years ago from a typical home electronics retailer. The targeted market then, as now, is the home stereo user who does not want to part with their vinyl collection in favor of digital media. like many listeners, I have ...