1Byone Belt Drive 3 Speed Portable Stereo Turntable
The 1Byone Belt Drive 3 Speed Portable Stereo Turntable with Built in Speakers is an excellent Portable Turntable that has all the features you could ask for and a beautiful nostalgic look and feel that will urge you to play your vinyl again and again.
Amazon has been selling heaps of these and no wonder given the value for money that 1Byone has packed into this turntable. There is a movement back to Vinyl. For many people the old albums aren’t that old anymore they’re new – and they have new music on them
We will have a good look at this briefcase style player and check out the quality of the sound reproduction, the features and explore its capabilities. You will see how it can perform at its best and at its worst. There are comments and opinions from real users who have actually purchased and used the 1Byone portable turntable.
After reading this review you will be able to make a really informed decision about whether this portable turntable is really what you are looking to play your vinyl records.
Main Features
- Selectable 33 / 45 / 78 RPM speeds settings.
- Dynamic balanced tone arm with soft damping control.
- Front-facing built-in stereo speakers provide great sound.
- With RCA and headphone jack outputs / line in port mounted on the side, easy to operation and support multiple music playback modes.
- Wooden cabinet with PU leather wrapping, the briefcase-styled turntable is lightweight, easy to store and transport.
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Belt Drive Portable Turntable
This is a Belt Drive Turntable making it much quieter than a direct drive and the belt drive tends to smooth out any fluctuations that may occur in the drive motor. It tends isolate the drive motor from the tone arm. This isolating of the tone arm prevents the tiny vibrations generated by the drive motor from being transferred to the tone arm to be amplified and make a humming noise in your speakers that will spoil your listening pleasure. No-one wants hear their favourite music along with an audible humming noise this is not what pleasurable listening is about.
Belt drive turntables have another advantage as well they are mechanically much simpler than direct drive turntables and therefore more reliable and easier to maintain for years longer. Usually the only part that may have to be replaced is the belt. The belts after many years of use will lose tension and cause the music to sound like it is running slow. Belts when they finally do start to fail are very easy to replace. Usually someone with even the most basic of mechanical skills and usually no tools can replace a belt in just a few minutes. The 1Byone Belt Drive 3 Speed Portable Stereo Turntable is no different.
3 Speed – 33 – 45 – 78 RPM
With 3 Speeds to play all your records you will spend hours listening to sounds from the past easily. One of the advantages of belt drive turntables is the simplicity of the mechanism that allows this portable Record player to have 3 speeds to play not just your 33 RPM but also your 45 and 78 RPM Vinyl Discs. Being able to play such a wide variety of records means that not only can you play all your old albums but also you’re Dads and maybe even you’re Grandfathers records.
What a bonus – being able to share the memories of years and even decades gone by with those you love and treasure.
Built In Speakers
Built in front facing speakers give can put out some pretty good sound. Now to be perfectly honest the sound is not going to be high volume superb quality that you can get from a large expensive audiophile speaker system. The speakers in a quiet environment are really not bad at all but this is not going to be a unit that you could take to a party and crank up the whole crowd.
However it is more than adequate and if you want better sound from this unit plug in a nice set of headphones and the sound quality will improve dramatically. The better the headphones the better the sound or plug into a big set of speakers and turn the volume up. I’ll tell you more about that next.
RCA & Headphone Jacks
The 1Byone Belt Drive turntable has inputs and outputs that allow you to use this as a music system for a portable device or to plug into big set of speakers. Along with the in and outs there is an On Off Volume and Headphones connect very conveniently placed on the right hand side.
You can use the Line In with an adapter to record your Vinyl Records to any recording device (IPod Smartphone or Media player. The Line In will with the correct adapter plug your IPod, Phone or Media Player to use the inbuilt speakers to play your other music on this very flexible record player. There is an RCA Out plug to allow you to plug the 1Byone into your home music system and blast out your vinyl discs to the whole street if your home music system had that capability. All in all this makes this a very flexible music machine.
Tone Arm & Damping
Balanced tone arm with soft damping is a very professional touch. This means that the tone arm has good control and is gentle when landing the needle on the record surface. It is an important characteristic in any good turntable and a rare thing to find in a portable unit at such a great price. 1Byone have also included an auto stop feature that will automatically turn the turntable off at the end of the record. The Autostop feature will in the event that you were to forget that you had you left it playing, save any damage to your record or needle.
To ensure that your purchase is justified and that you are buying a quality product the 1byone Belt Drive 3 Speed Portable Stereo Turntable comes with a 12 month replacement warranty. You can be assured that this Retro style portable turntable wrapped in PU leather will give reliable service and play your golden memories – or even your new ones very well. Another advantage of this player is that you can purchase new needles and stylus easily. This all adds up to your pleasure at being able to enjoy the warm sound of analogue vinyl for a long time to come. The player is fairly light weight and is really good at being portable without it feeling like it’s junkie. This is a really good package at an incredible price, so good I’m not sure how they can do it.
In conclusion
Best thing about this player is the good quality portability and ease of use. It has a relatively good tone arm which is really important in a portable turntable. What I didn’t like was the quality of the sound from the speakers but I did expect that to be the case. I have used quite a number of portables and sound quality seems to be the Achilles heel of all portables. This one’s no worse than any I’ve heard and better than a lot of them.
Pros
People that have bought the 1Byone Belt Drive 3 Speed Portable Stereo Turntable most liked
The flexibility that is available from the input and outputs on the side of the case to connect up to.
The “cute” nostalgic retro look and colours available and PU leather that felt good.
The 3 speeds allowing it to play all kinds of records
Cons
People that have bought the 1Byone Belt Drive 3 Speed Portable Stereo Turntable most disliked.
The quality of the sound was adequate they would have liked it to be better but most understood that given the size it was probably as good as could be expected.
One customer had an issue with a needle not working but this was resolved when 1Byone promptly sent her a new stylus.
The fact that there is nowhere within the player to store the power cables.
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