Crosley C8A-WA Belt-Driven Record Player Turntable with Built-in Pre-Amp, Adjustable Tonearm, AT3600L Cartridge, and Audio Grade MDF Plinth, Walnut

The media could not be loaded. The C8 arrived in a box much heavier than I was expecting, and I saw why when I opened it, as there is literally couple of inches of wood under the turntable platter. It is built very well, and took only 5 or 10 minutes to set-up. I’ll admit I bought it mostly for looks, but I love the way it sounds as well. I’ve been through a pretty big mix of my music in the last couple of weeks, and it’s easy to set-up and operate. I actually purchased this with the “matching” Crosley powered Bluetooth speakers, and will review those separately. They match the system perfectly, and if you need Bluetooth, they work great. I almost didn’t order this because it didn’t have Bluetooth, but ended up getting it in the speakers and I like it. We’ve ended up using the Bluetooth more than the turntable, as my daughter likes to stream her phone through it. If you do switch quite a bit between 45 and LP records, you’ll like the easy switch they mounted on the front. I have boxes of 45s I’m working on getting through, and play great on the turntable. Five stars all-around from me!

At $200 or less, this is a great turntable.I highly suspect that this turntable is actually made by Fluance, contracted by Crosley. If you compare it to Fluance's line of turntables, they are extremely similar.The main difference is, the Crosley C8 at $200 is better than the Fluance RT80 at $200. The crosley C8 has features you can find on not just the RT80, but RT81 and even RT82. You are basically getting an RT80 with RT81 and RT82 features for the same exact price. It's a great bargain.The sound is great, the counter balance and set up is fairly easy (there are videos on youtube on how to set up the Crosley C8), and the look of the thing rocks. I have this hooked up to my stereo Elac Debut 2.0 6.2s, and the sound is way better than my old vintage turntable.All in all I recommend it. Amazing beginner turntable for the price. Everything you need to start spinning records. Get it.

Although this will technically be MY first turntable, I have had the opportunity to listen and play with many others over the years as I am a bit of an audiophile. The plinth is beautifully constructed. Glass dust cover is sleek. I have had the table for a bit over 2 weeks now and can attest she does sound pretty great. I have this table paired with a set of Martin Logan Motion 15's and Onkyo R-N855 Stereo Reciever. Overall build quality and sound is all there. Would recommend to someone who's is looking to get into vinyl. Great first record player! People have asked what I paid for it and are pretty shocked when I tell them. Looks far more hi-end than the price tag.

I use a couple of automatic Audio Technica turntables around the house and they sound excellent with vintage receivers and speakers. However, I wanted something manual where I could control needle pressure and anti-skate. The C8 is excellent on all accounts and sounds as good as anything I’ve ever heard. No offense to “audiophiles” who would turn their noses up on a Crosley, but this thing is fantastic at any price.

I'll admit I'm still fairly new to vinyls. This is the second record player I've bought: first turn table. I started with a suitcase player and now I'm here.The GoodStupid easy to set up. The belt scared me, but that is probably because I have the tendency to as my family says "Hulk out" on things and accidentally break stuff. It's a very attractive player, looks great in my space. There are some really good components in this turntable for the price. The adjustable tone arm is great and works at helping preserve the quality of my vinyl and a surprising feature in this price range/class of turntable. The Audio Technica stylus is surprisingly premium a budget turntable.The BadGod is it huge. It's freaking massive. I had to rearrange my whole room and buy a new piece of furniture to hold it. If I had fully understood how large this turntable is I would have bought a different turntable. The lid takes up a ton of room. So to open it I have to have almost 6" between it and the wall. And no I can't use it without the lid because I live in a glacial valley at the convergence of two rivers fed by glaciers so everything that stands still for two and a half seconds has a thin layer of dust on it. It's about 18" wide and like 16" deep and most of that space is to accommodate the external belt drive and let me tell you I could live without that little feature because I don't understand why you'd do that in the first place.The MehThere is no Bluetooth feature. At this point in this price range every other company (even Crosley) has this feature built in. It's not like that big of a deal, but it is a pretty big miss. Not life and death and I do love the Crosley Bookshelf speakers I have and they look great as a set, but still would be nice to use it with my Bose soundbar or my JBL Flip 5s I have. But again it's not enough to make me hate it and frankly it's kinda fun to have dedicated speakers for it.The size is why I bumped it down a star. I'd honestly give it 4.5 stars. It does what it say on the tin and looks great doing it so can't be unhappy with it.

The media could not be loaded. I absolutely love this turntable it plays my records great. I only bought it to finally listen to all my video game records such as the one i chose to demo. I recommend this unit for first time or intermediate LP collectors. However it does have a phono preamp built in, so if you want a naked analog output you may want to look elsewhere. As for me who isn’t a hardcore audiophile this record player perfectly suits me, and i know it will be perfect for anyone looking to get into record keeping.Ok so i recently bought a cork mat for it, and it truly did improve the sound quality. After owning it for a while and breaking in the cartridge I can confirm the the AT 3600 is a great match for this turntable. Now people may wonder if you can upgrade the cartridge to an Ortofon 2m Red/Blue. The answer yes after checking the VTA it matches the needed specs for the 2m series. I am currently waiting for my 2m blue to arrive.