We purchased this record player for our daughter’s 14th birthday and the sound is awful. I would not recommend this player at all. You can hear the actual record play then the same sound delayed from the speakers. We were required to send a video to Crosley to prove the sound was off. They then sent a new needle and claimed the needle was faulty. The sound was exactly the same with the new needle, so the company sent a new record player in exchange. The new record player sounds exactly the same as the first record player. The problem with all this back and forth is that we are now past the 30 days from purchase and cannot return the record player. If you intend to play your records at a very high volume, then you can drown out the sound of the echo. I highly recommend going with a different model or a different company entirely. I hate that our daughter’s main gift is a waste and complete junk.