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

TEAC LP-R400 Turntable CD Recorder and Radio (Black)
Easy to operate. Instructions generally good. Tone arm operating mechanism is flimsy. Sound transfer quality is excellent. Get the replacement stylus. You will need it.

I purchased this for my husband's 50th birthday. He had many old albums just sitting around but no turntable to play them on or a way to record them on to CD. Since his birthday in April, he's been recording like mad and it's going great. It is easy to use and the sound quality is very good. I gave it 4 stars only because you do have to sit and manually push a button to make tracks on the CD. Supposedly it will do it automatically but in his attempts to do so it has worked sometimes and not others so you end up with 2 songs on a track instead of just 1. Overall though, we are really enjoying it! I had some old 78s that my parents had recorded in college around 1948 or 49 (my mom singing beautifully!) and was able to play and record those to CD. That was a real treasure to find and be able to share with our family since my dad passed away and my mom has alzheimers. This is a great buy!

This product was sent very quickly to Alaska by Fed Ex..nice!I have boxes of old LPs I wanted to save.This is working just as promoted. Bass sound isn't good but CDs record fine and play better on other machines.It is pretty simple to use. You do have to stay close while recording records,to keep tracking right. It's easy to miss tracks but it is a joy to finally have a decent way to preserve valued old records.

After having seen this fabulous product in the USA, we had to wait for ages until TEAC produces it for European electrical standards. Very easy to use, very good audio quality of recordings and excellent value for money (especially for an high end Hi-Fi manifacturer like TEAC). Three recomendations ; 1- Be very carefull while handling the tone arm lever in order not to scratch the vinyls (there is no hydraulic damping), 2- During recording, don't be reluctant to increase the recording volume so as to go through peak level occasionally, if not you loose the dynamic range. 3- better to use manual track numbering.

Ears that are used to listen digital recordings with deeper bass and crispier treble sound (but, unfortunately not natural) may be disappointed to have a sound without enough impact and a background hiss of stylus tip friction but, when you make an a/b comparison of the original and the recorded sound, you must be a superman to feel any audible difference.

I recommend a listening experience with any classical or pop music, preferably with apropriate speakers or headphones where you can clearly distinguish all the instruments. (For ex.high end Grado headphones or Reference Series British TDL speakers having 4 drivers; Kef, Celestion and Goldring respectively).

The TEAC LP-R400 Turntable CD Recorder was fine and we were able to create a CDR from a 1960 LP Record with ease. The Recorder and CDR quality was very good. The LP-R400 Radio did not work. There was a TEAC Approved Repair Service about 12 miles from my home and Radio was repaired quickly and at no cost since it was under warranty. I was told that a circuit board was cracked. It was unclear if this occurred in shipment or was a factory defect. The AM/FM radio works fine now.