Numark PT01 Portable Turntable

I purchased this soley for the purpose of recording my albums to MP3 and Burning to CD and it works flawlessly. To do this you first connect the two RCA connections out on the side to your soundcard line in; that would be the Blue one; then plug in electrical and turn the unit on. Now go download Spin It Again from Acoustica Software; not free but the best there is amd go through the trial with some of your records. The great thing is it takes all the hiss; pops; everything out of your recording and you can even burn them within the same program. They are digitaltized and sound great on my sound system. The Numark is a great buy and works great with Spin It Again; get both you won't regret it. I have been through 15 Albums so far without a single problem with the Turntable and the Software.

I really enjoy this product. It's very convenient and has really solved my dilemma for finding a solid record player. Sounds great, has many different outputs, and I've played some records on it so far and it works well. Be warned, though. Numark has TERRIBLE customer service. The day after I received my turntable, I was picking it up and the cover broke off, breaking the plastic latch. I was bummed, so I ordered another lid assuming the latch would come attached (it's not a part that can be put together yourself, I found out after talking to an engineer and it comes attached when you buy the PT-01)). Today, in the mail I received my lid without the attached latch. After being passed around though approx. different people at Numark, I found out they do not accept returns (!?) and do not do repairs (!?). They gave me a number for a authorized service repair center in New Jersey, but when I called the repair center, they had never heard of the PT-01! I guess I'm on my own. This is a nice turntable, but be very careful with it!

This turntable does exactly what I wanted it do. It has amazing sound clarity and allows me to play all of my record albums. Allow use of earphones. Hooks to computer easily. Very satified.

Vynils are awesome; and with this equipment you can get really good quality in audio.

I recently purchased the Numark PT01 Portable DJ Turntable as well as the Vestax Handy Trax Portable Turntable.

The first thing you notice about the Numark is that it looks and feels tougher, stronger. Both are lightweight plastic that I wouldn't want to bang around too much.

The Numark's built in speaker is much better than the Vestax. Both sound good when using headphones. I have not yet hooked either unit to a computer or sound system.

the thing that I dislike about both of them, is having to place and lift the tonearm on the records. Also you must move the arm towards the record to get the platter to spin.

they're more like good "record players" than high quality
turntables.

Remember your talking about a whole unit that cost less
than what some people spend on record cleaning fluids.

If your very picky and trying recreate the old days you'd
be better of with a more expensive direct drive turntable
with a nice cartridge.

I would recommend these for the casual user not the serious audiophile.

btw: mixing and scratching are not recommended.

I've only had them for a very short time but with the Numark's lower price and better sounding speaker, I'd recommend it over the Vestax.

I will write another review after trying them with the batteries and
recording with a laptop.