As such, the comments about the Akai apply to the TEAC as well.įor the asking price-which can frequently be completely ignored if you shop around-this is a really very well finished turntable indeed. Things get even more complicated when you look at pictures of the Akai and the TEAC TN-300 record players together as the two models are to all intents and purposes identical- or at the very least have a common point of evolution. The Akai is a slightly confusing device in that 'Akai' as a domestic brand, ceased to exist at the turn of the century and this is in fact a product of Akai Professional who are a different organization entirely. For the sake of neatness, the list is broken down into two parts. Nonetheless, if you are looking to buy a new turntable at this price point, you might find the answer to your questions here. This is not a completely exhaustive list-it doesn't include a member of the Pro-Ject Debut family for example, as these are due for some tweaks and revisions, and neither is there an example of the very capable U-Turn Orbit because it doesn't exist in the UK. New record player models are hitting the market at blistering speeds and your choices are getting more complicated over time.īy chance, the last few months has seen a great many of these relatively affordable turntable models pass through my system and after a truly monumental amount of unboxing, fiddling, comparative listening and reboxing again, I'm in the position to try and make sense of a few of the models available to you for under $1,000. Now, your choices for the best record player are bewildering and getting more complicated all the time.
SMART PLAYER LITE CODE
Source Code - Current Release, based on the MPC-HT project.Ī few years ago, if you were looking for an affordable standalone record player that had the potential to be something you used for years to come and offered great performance, your choices pretty much began and ended with Pro-Ject and Rega. – Updated 3rd party libraries, Several subtitle updates, including Faster subtitle parsing (around 20%)