So over the years I've picked up a few Vinyls just for the sake of the lovely large covers and recently I discovered picture discs too. I figured these are going to waste and I'd love to listen to them and I see Crosley Cruisers everywhere so picked one up at Argos yesterday.
My first attempt the turntable didn't spin and after giving it a little nudge it set about its business. Set at 45 I put on a 7" Years & Years single and Olly sounded much deeper than usual and switching it to 78 was too fast and 33 1/3 is obviously too slow. I gave a 12" Utada EP a go and same results, too slow on 33 1/3 and naturally too fast on the other two settings. Then it just started screeching and wouldn't stop, turned out it wasn't from the speaker but from the platter itself.
I returned it and got a Bush Classic and pretty much the same issues apart from the screeching. First attempt, I put on the 45 adaptor, lay down my Years & Years single, platters spinning but the vinyl isn't, took off the adaptor and it was perfect for about 20 seconds then it randomly stopped. Second attempt and its playing too fast again, 45 is too fast 33 1/3 is even faster (wtf?) and 78 is obviously way too fast. Tried with a 12" and again all settings are way too fast.
I now just feel like a bit of an idiot. I don't know if these cheap players are just rubbish and worn out from being stocked for so long or if I'm completely clueless as to what I'm doing. I've just ordered an Audio-Technica AT-LP60USB, reviews generally seem good but then so were Crosley ones but I think I'd trust Audio-Technica a bit more. I'm now willing to splurge a bit more if these cheap ones are truly the issue. So any recomendations? I was hoping to go with Argos but their selection is small hence ordering the last viable option the LP60 which I hope works. Or am I just doing something wrong? Frankly its all pretty new to me so any advice would be helpful.
My first attempt the turntable didn't spin and after giving it a little nudge it set about its business. Set at 45 I put on a 7" Years & Years single and Olly sounded much deeper than usual and switching it to 78 was too fast and 33 1/3 is obviously too slow. I gave a 12" Utada EP a go and same results, too slow on 33 1/3 and naturally too fast on the other two settings. Then it just started screeching and wouldn't stop, turned out it wasn't from the speaker but from the platter itself.
I returned it and got a Bush Classic and pretty much the same issues apart from the screeching. First attempt, I put on the 45 adaptor, lay down my Years & Years single, platters spinning but the vinyl isn't, took off the adaptor and it was perfect for about 20 seconds then it randomly stopped. Second attempt and its playing too fast again, 45 is too fast 33 1/3 is even faster (wtf?) and 78 is obviously way too fast. Tried with a 12" and again all settings are way too fast.
I now just feel like a bit of an idiot. I don't know if these cheap players are just rubbish and worn out from being stocked for so long or if I'm completely clueless as to what I'm doing. I've just ordered an Audio-Technica AT-LP60USB, reviews generally seem good but then so were Crosley ones but I think I'd trust Audio-Technica a bit more. I'm now willing to splurge a bit more if these cheap ones are truly the issue. So any recomendations? I was hoping to go with Argos but their selection is small hence ordering the last viable option the LP60 which I hope works. Or am I just doing something wrong? Frankly its all pretty new to me so any advice would be helpful.
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