Audio-Technica AT-LP5X Fully Manual Direct Drive Turntable

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Likewise, a built-in phono-line preamp lets you connect up to a home stereo or powered speakers (that wouldn’t have a phono stage of their own) as soon as you plug the turntable in, letting you get to your tunes straight away. Coupled with a gimbal-supported bearing system, the tonearm offers excellent stability and smooth operation. The AT-LP5X is equipped with a built-in switchable phono pre-amplifier, making it highly versatile for a wide variety of audio setups. Backgrounds are quiet allowing excellent insight into the subtle details of a recording, and it’s more than adept at demonstrating the advantages of a well-pressed disc.

Certain items can take longer to source than the estimated week, particularly during busy trading periods and may take longer to arrive at our warehouse. With compatibility across the VM95 series of replacement styluses, it grants users the ability to upgrade or select a specific stylus for a custom listening experience. Where the original could show a hard edge where pushed, the new one keeps things civilised without any feeling of smoothing anything off. If you’d rather spread the cost over 36 months, you can set up a loan repayment plan when the payment-free period comes to an end at 19.This moving magnet builds on the foundations laid by the long-running AT95 design fitted to the original deck.

It has been designed to limit low-frequency acoustical feedback using heavy-mass metal chassis inserts and anti-vibration damping materials. Drawing on Audio-Technica’s analogue heritage, the AT-LP5x features upgraded technology while retaining the contemporary style and acclaimed performance of the AT-LP5. In short, although the RT83 gave a tighter and more accurate account of the midrange, the LP5x was better balanced in terms of overall tonality providing great finesse and information.

The LP5x also offers a USB port (supporting up to 16bit/48kHz) for potential vinyl ripping (again, that’s missing on the 140). br>
The perfect blend of features and sound quality
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Building on Audio-Technica’s analogue heritage and over 50 years of Japanese audio design, the AT-LP5x features upgraded technology while keeping the contemporary style and acclaimed performance of its predecessor, the AT-LP5. Products labelled '*item fulfilled by Exertis on behalf of hmv' will be supplied to you directly by Exertis via their approved couriers. The Audio Technica AT-LP5X Hi-Fi Turntable showcases its prowess with direct-drive technology, offering unmatched precision and stability for vinyl enthusiasts. My disdain for this feature is well publicised (ripping records is a hateful business that requires fanatical attention levels, an open ended amount of time and an indisputable degree of blind luck for a truly clean ‘pass’) but the LP5X is nonetheless so equipped so, if you want this feature, fill your boots.The die-cast, anti-resonance aluminium platter is combined with a 5mm thick rubber-damping mat which provides a stable surface for your records and helps to remove low frequency feedback. AC ADAPTER OUTSIDE CHASSIS : AC adapter handles AC/DC conversion outside of the chassis, reducing noise in the signal chain. A familiar J-shaped tonearm, the same as that of the AT-LP5, is again in play here (a nod to Audio-Technica’s retro turntables of the 1960s and 1970s), using precision bearings and a metallic gimbal suspension system.

It is only fair to point out though that the competition that the Audio Technica now faces is both more numerous and and better than what squared up to the original LP5. Listening to the ‘extremely audiophile’ pressing of Phantom Limb, the quality of the midrange and treble that the LP5X offers is beyond most of the Ortofon equipped devices that it competes against. With a high signal-to-noise ratio, this rugged construction promises reliable listening sessions for years to come. The main benefit of this type of wood proved to be the tightening up of bass definition to a most pleasing degree. br>
Three speeds – including 78
As well as 33 and 45 records, the AT-LP5X is now compatible with 78s.Whether you’re just getting into records, rediscovering a record collection long since buried away or simply adding a turntable to complete your system, the AT-LP60X fully automatic belt-drive turntable is an excellent choice. The Audio Technica has mainly been tested in ‘as delivered’ configuration, connected to an IsoTek Evo 3 Corvus Mains block and running via the internal phono stage into a Chord Electronics CPM 2800MkII integrated amp and Kudos Titan 505 speakers. but really wanted to see if there were some comparable Direct Drive tables before making a purchase.