This is the worst piece of kit I have ever seen!
I had one of these for xmas, well I was like a 46 year old kid when I opened the box . . .I set it up in the kitchen to listen to my albums whilst cooking dinner, but was sent into spoilt bratt tantrum mode when it found it that useless it started skipping my tracks and the music quality / volume was terrible . . . So I thought lets plug it in to my speakers only to find the sound still terrible.
I checked a few LP's but still the same and it also made me see sick as the turntable was making the LP's go up and down like the ocean.
What do you expect I hear you say??? Well I expect something that plays albums and has sound I can hear!
Rant over as I've taken it back and ordered an ION . . . . . If that is bad too then I'll have to upset the wife and get the Denon out

Suprised this is not on fire, i keep hearing bush is now the in thing again.

Suprised this is not on fire, i keep hearing bush is now the in thing again.

This is the worst piece of kit I have ever seen!
I had one of these for xmas, well I was like a 46 year old kid when I opened the box . . .I set it up in the kitchen to listen to my albums whilst cooking dinner, but was sent into spoilt bratt tantrum mode when it found it that useless it started skipping my tracks and the music quality / volume was terrible . . . So I thought lets plug it in to my speakers only to find the sound still terrible.
I checked a few LP's but still the same and it also made me see sick as the turntable was making the LP's go up and down like the ocean.
What do you expect I hear you say??? Well I expect something that plays albums and has sound I can hear!
Rant over as I've taken it back and ordered an ION . . . . . If that is bad too then I'll have to upset the wife and get the Denon out

I've just picked up a Teac TN-300 for £250. It has a built-in pre amp and I am currently using it with a Marshall Woburn speaker. It sounds pretty good. Just another one to consider for anyone looking to get back into vinyl with a decent entry level turntable. :smiley:

as the op posted "Good reviews! out of 271 reviews 4+stars out of 5 and 93% would recommend to a friend. They cant all be lying"

Thanks OP

This Ion is out of stock online at wilko,but they are still in stores(may be marked at £25,but they scan at 12.50.)
http://www.wilko.com/computer-audio-video/ion-compact-lp-turntable-cream/invt/0451139?gclid=CKSXpe6iktECFUlmGwodSWAKnA&gclsrc=aw.ds&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=Communities+%26+UGC&utm_source=HotUKDeals&utm_content=0&utm_term=47868&awc=2400_1482863248_05a56b3268178586f3b4032fa7f63c05

this looks very similar to the one Sainsburys do. was given it for Christmas. dug out a box of old 45s and it tends to cut out before the end . fun but I wouldn't recommend. the 12" one played OK . did stick and skip on some , but I guess some of the record's hadn't been touched for thirty year's

Good for Pokémon go players

Why is this hot ?

No talking about the quality, but it has been this price for a while.

The ION ones have been around for a long while - they make tape ones too. They're not much to do with the vinyl revival - more offering a way to convert your old vinyl and tapes to mp3 - that's the reason I bought my 2 ION devices at least, as I needed a solution to get my 12" records preserved.

Yes you're right, the Ion ones have been around for some time and I shouldn't have suggested they're the same as all the other cheap 'brands' that have recently appeared selling this cheapo decks - but the Ion still have fairly basic mechanisms which might be good enough to transfer albums to a PC but they're still pretty basic in performance and not much of an upgrade from this Bush (it might even use the same mechanism as so many decks do)

I've seen these in Audio - T, Doug Brady & a few other high end audiophile shops so I reckon we must be missing a thing or two :smirk:
Oh & Sainsbury's right next to the vinyl collection they now do!

why would anyone wanna destroy their vinyl with this

I recommend the Audio technica Lp120. Picked mine up for £200, amazing sound and zero damage to my records. You have to remember when buying a player, how long do you want your vinyl to last, are you buying it purely for the retro look and fashion trend of having a record player or do you actually want to get one to listen to the amazing quality you get with vinyl. If its the quality then you need a quality player, these cheap plastic, lightweight, portables should never be used. Sadly stuff doesn't come cheap, if you want the better sound, you gotta pay the higher price. I can't imagine spending £20 on new vinyl for it to be ruined on those esp if its rare vinyl.

Agreed, if you care about your vinyls, don't buy a cheap player. The weight of the stylus will damage the plastic over time (according to What Hi-fi)

I got one of these for Xmas really! for £24.99 they are fine in fact better than expected. I picked up some vinyls from the charity shop for 50p each and I'm very happy with the sound that it has produced for such little money. A bargain if you ask me, if your looking for some nostalgia

Actually, these portable record players often have a tracking force of 5g +.

That record needs ruining anyway :wink:

My god "vinyl collectors" are a dull bunch! Let's see who can name the most obscure record player and bore the most people with half witted claims.

"Not as good as my technics tx435"
"Simply out performed by the demon dn567-a"
"The rotary flange cheap knock off and can't compete with a modern flux capacitor"
Etc etc etc!

Heat from me! Record dweebs- bore off!!

If you value your vinyl collection listen, this means for any cheap and nasty record player!https://youtu.be/_WzrK6CIZrY[/quote].[/quote]I won't go into all pro's and cons, have a listen to the YouTube guy's advice! But if it doesn't have at least a counter weight then I wouldn't risk my vinyl collection!

Bunch of mongs on here complaining about the quality of this record player. I got this for my niece who wants to get into collecting vinyl like her cool uncle

Obviously this is not for hi-fi buffs with new and valuable vinyl, but it's a great little player for all of the old records stored in the attic

I got the one from sainsbury in the sale for £20,reduced from £50 apparently, wouldn't ever of payed that though. The one i have as bluetooth, which worked ok, i have yet to get the vinyl from the loft.

Come on guys, lighten up, I was thinking what a great idea for the remaining 20/30 or so records I have, little nostalgia trip. I have my technics etc. for my cds and couldn't really justify the expense of a quality record player just for these few I have dotted around the house. I'm pretty sure serious collectors will already have they're wonderful denon bits of kit

Well not in my wife's case, she is playing all of her old records from the attic and loving it! We are not all HI-Fi buffs and are happy with the nostalic tinny sound from the 60's..

Then why buy them in the first case?

To digitise them

So you'd either
1. Go out and buy records, to digitise them? (Unlikely)
2. Take your old collection to digitise them? Understandable, but if they're old do you really want to ruin them?

Just trying to understand the logic!

So you'd either
1. Go out and buy records, to digitise them? (Unlikely)
2. Take your old collection and digitise it? Understandable, but if they're old do you really want to ruin them?

Just trying to understand the logic!

I have a load of old 7 and 12" singles that I wanted to hear again (mainly for some obscure b sides), but once I digitised them I couldn't care less about whether or not the vinyl was "ruined" - a moot point though, as one play through would hardly be enough to ruin them.

I don't see how its that hard to understand. Am I missing something?

I don't think so. I guess some people care about their old vinyls more than others.

My original point would still stand if they did care about them. You're different and that's fair enough.

Right, after taking out the stylus on this I noticed how rubbish it was, I also noticed that the turntable wasn't spinning flat . . . So maybe I got a dodgy one?
Yes the build quality is rubbish on them but so are all the other portable turntables.
I returned mine and got a full refund and ordered the ION from Wilko's which I picked up today and I must say how impressed I am with it, not only is the build quality much better, but the arm is much gentler and although the stylus looks the same it is a lot better made (and straight), also the turntable spins flat and doesn't make me feel seasick (it also has a felt clip pad on there so not to scratch the other side of your vinyl.
I'm not saying the ION is brilliant, but it is miles better than the Bush.
Only wanted something to play vinyl on in the kitchen (and not my best vinyl either), but this also allows me to copy the vinyl to my computer . . . So win win . . . . (I'll brace myself for all the haters and the people that have thousands to spend on a deck)