AudioTechnica AT-SB727 Sound Burger Portable Turntable with Bluetooth (White)

This turntable is compact, lightweight, and easy to use. For the money it sounds very very good. I have connected it with ease to my headphones and Sennheiser AMBEO Soundbar Plus both wired and wirelessly. In my compact living room it's a great way to add vinyl that fills the room without adding more furniture. I bought a separate case for it that I found here and also stashed if you cables and adapters in the pouch within it. Battery life is outstanding. It has very little self noise for the price. Bluetooth connection is quick although visual feedback is pretty minimal. The stylison cartridge are not entirely modular, meaning that upgrading them is basically a non-starter as they use a headshell/cartridge specifically for this unit. I wish the top lid were a bit more dense or had more metal instead of a plasticky build. The mini "platter" is awesome, however. Start and stop is very quick for the price. It also works great with true wireless earbuds... I have the momentum true wireless 4 and it basically sounds wired. It's wild!

I bought this as a present for my wife. We’re casual vinyl fans, and this sets up quickly and produces good sound. A couple of things to keep in mind- volume control with Bluetooth is fussy. We had a difficult time with our Bose Bluetooth speaker. Ultimately we opted for wired speakers and it’s been fine. It also doesn’t have a lot of down pressure on the needle, so it can skip easily if you happen to walk heavily. I’m sure that’s adjustable, but it mostly hasn’t been a problem. It’s pretty barebones as far as functionality, so don’t expect much beyond a speed setting and a power button.

I have to admit that I wasn't familiar with this concept until I saw it here on Amazon. How did I miss this in the 80's? I'm guessing they were expensive and battery operated back then. Anyway, this really gives me a good option to play my albums in different parts of the house if I'm feeling like a change of scenery. The needle is better than it should be so I have no worries about it doing any damage to my albums. The targeting for the portability is that you have to use this on a solid surface that is not susceptible to bumps. It will skip fairly easily, it's an inherent risk because of the design. On my kitchen island I have zero issues. The sound is great for what this is and the ability to use Bluetooth speakers is huge. I wouldn't use this as my primary turntable unless it was all I could afford.

This is a replacement review on the replacement unit I received yesterday. The first unit I got had really bad flutter. I’m happy to say the replacement works flawlessly. Well, it’s got its flaws, but more on that later. I would rate this 4 1/2 stars as is, but some things need improvement.This players produces excellent sound, both over Bluetooth, and the wired line out. It’s easy to operate, once you figure out you have to remove the transport locking screw on the back of the unit.I like that the included 45 adapter does triple duty as a record clamp for 12” records, and as a tone arm rest when the player is not in use. The clamp hold the larger discs securely against the tiny platter.It’s a lot of fun using this, and I’ve been playing a lot of 45s the past 2 days. I wanted this to hook up to a shelf system in my living room, to test out boxes of 45s I have that have not yet been played.It’s great that it has a rechargeable battery for portability. I may just take this outside with some records to play through my Bluetooth speaker.So beside the fact that I love this for its sound quality, moving magnetic cartridge that won’t ruin your records, mine tracks at 3.32 grams, not really terrible, portability and the “cuteness” factor, there are a few shortcomings that prevented a 5 star rating. I hope Audio Technica will fix these flaws.1) The platter needs to be raised a little higher. There is barely any clearance between the record and the case. Perfectly, or near perfectly flat records will be fine, but if you have any warped records, they may drag on the case. Increasing the platter height will help with this.2) The cartridge holder needs to be redesigned because it also prevents even slightly warped records from playing properly. There is barely any clearance between the record and the back end of the cartridge holder where it is screwed into the tone arm. I don’t know why there is a little protrusion at the back, which leaves barely any space between the record and that little bump. Even slightly uneven records will scrape against that bump. Warped records sometimes won’t play due to the scraping and skipping.3) Auto shutoff at the end of the record. While it’s not a dealbreaker, it would be nice to have.4) A tone arm lever to raise and lower the tone arm. With the tight space between the record and the cartridge holder, it’s not always easy to lift and lower the tone arm without scratching your records, especially if, like me, you have fat fingers.Having said all this, I still absolutely adore this little record player. If AT decides to take my advice and fix the 4 issues I listed, it would be nothing short of a 5 star winner.

How about: a turntable that can live in a desk drawer with a Bluetooth speaker and still show up to be the life of the party?!?Excellent sound on the Bluetooth (with effortless pairing), usb-c charging, line level outputs to use with anything with 3.5mm or RCA inputs, surprisingly minimal crosstalk or wow/flutter and best-of-the-1980s styling…what’s not to like?Sure, a tone arm lift would be a useful improvement…volume control? That goes on your amp and not your pre amp. Auto lift and stop? Well, that never stood in the way of the legendary AR turntable Gettinger High marks, did it?I wondered how good this unit would handle vinyl famous for dynamic range and really tried to make it Fail with a go-to: Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the MoonAmazingly impressive both handling the range with out a skip and no hard edged distortion/clipping from the preamp…same results with The Blues Project, ProjectionsThese folks know how to reproduce analog (ie living) sound…Just get a load of the message when you first open the box (spoiler…)For half the price of a floor seat in the Sphere, you can recover your love of vinyl without needing to renovate your home.Last thought: be gentle using your D3 Discwasher to clean your records (every play…) with the Sound Burger as the drive mechanism lacks the torque of a full size platter, especially with 45 rpm 12” licorice pizzas