I just received a replacement, free of charge, because the first Victrola Empire I received a few weeks ago skipped in the same place on every record. I was pretty excited about the replacement until I put on a brand new record, The skipping is worse than the first player. Absolutely awful. I literally stared at the needle as it skipped and there was no visible reason. The only reason I bought this was to have a nice looking all in one with a turntable that wouldn’t take up the room of my 35 year old rack system. The only reason I gave three stars is for the beautiful appearance. Performance is a zero.