First and foremost, I am by no means a connoisseur when it comes to record players.  What I can say is this was a gift for a 13 year old and they loved it!  Luckily I had saved a few records from my youth.  The recipient enjoyed the quality of this gift and was soon playing the records straight from the box.  I thought it was well made and should last for many years.  This was the perfect gift to keep the recipient from playing his usual computervideo games.  In fact everyone in the family enjoyed this record player.  I would recommend this item for purchase.