TEAC LP-R400 Turntable CD Recorder and Radio (Black)

I was delighted when I discovered this nifty machine online. It's very intuitive in its operation, and records to a CD with no fuss or muss. The tonearm does what it needs to, without bells & whistles, and I like the automatic return. Without a tracking control, I hope it maintains its speed over time. The only question I might have for others who've had this awhile.......... which replacement stylus (needle) would they recommend getting? I think TEAC had a G-350 model? Would that one fit on this? The TEAC website is useless when it comes to accessories for this unit.

I purchased a Teac LP-R400 the first part of June, I have a lot of records that I wanted to save to CD's. When I started recording, the recorder would start recording and then an error would show and stop recording. I continued to try and ruined severl CD's. It would record record for a while and then just stop. Acouple of times it recorded a whole record and I then finalized it, but when I played it, it recorded some of the songs and then stopped recording and a few songs later it started recording again.
I took the Teac to a certified Teac repair shop, they said that the part that did the recording was malfunctioning. I left the recorder and they said it would be ready in about three weeks. It has now been over a month and it has not been repaired yet. When I talked to them, they said that the part was on back order and they did not know when they would receive the part.
I am very disappointed with the purchase, and because I had to wait for the part I was over the 30 day return time. I would not recomend this Teac LP-R400 to anyone. I will never again buy a Teac product.

I have relocated to Asia and was unable to ship my LPs and this LP to CD recorder was just the ticket. Ease of use after a few trys and quality much better than previous TEAC 350(?). After recording to CD I was able to digitalize them using my computer. Only problem was the lack of time B4 my move.

I purchased this to convert some 78s and LPs to CDs for my mother. It has good sound (I am not an audiophile), tracks well. It is cheaply made (most everything is these days), but does what it is advertised to do. Do not bother with the automatic tracking. I used manual track advancement as most LPs have plenty of background noise or no break between songs. The included remote proved very handy. Many people don't like these as they record all the "pops" etc. I found if I clean the records well, even an 80 year old 78 sounds fine. Buy the extra needles (stl 103), and plenty of AUDIO CDs. I only ruined one (not following instructions) by turning off the machine before finalizing the disc. It has inputs but no outputs, built in radio, but no tape player. Required little set-up preparation.

This is an excellent product. It is so easy to use I only needed to read the "Quick Start" manual, and away I went. Almost no settings are really needed. Works intuitively. One thing it cannot do easily is to distinguish between successive record tracks. Most records are not quiet enough in the spaces between the tracks for the sutomatic track making system to work well, but all that means is that the CD recorder treats each side of the record as a single track. Unless you want to spot individual tracks of the record separately then it is not a problem. You can always watch the recording and manually insert the tracks as they happen, but that seems a waste of time this device saves you. Software prodcues a nice digital sound.