ANGELS HORN Bluetooth Vinyl Record Player at $206.98

A turntable for vinyl listeners who want one box

Amazon price

$206.98

Customer rating

4.4

Customer reviews

1223

Typical price over 90 days

$220.79

Difference

$13.81 (6 percent)

If you want to play records without assembling a stack of separates, we'd consider the ANGELS HORN Bluetooth Vinyl Record Player. It brings a belt-drive platter, a moving-magnet cartridge and four built-in speakers into one chassis, so vinyl playback doesn't need a receiver or a separate pair of speakers.

The AT-3600L cartridge sits on a universal headshell, so when the stylus eventually wears out, the headshell design leaves you the option to swap the cartridge rather than replace the whole turntable.

At $206.98, it's $13.81 below the typical price over the last 90 days, and the all-time low for this model is the same $206.98. That makes this a sensible moment if the all-in-one approach is what you want.

Two speeds, Bluetooth 5.0 and both phono and line output

The platter runs at 33 1/3 or 45 RPM, and the belt-drive motor is a DC servo design, which is the combination that covers 7-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch records without a speed adapter. You pick the speed that matches the record you're playing.

Bluetooth 5.0 works in one direction here: you stream from a phone or other compatible device into the turntable's own speakers. There's also an Aux-in port for a wired source, and RCA output to send the signal to an external speaker or amplifier.

The RCA output supports both Phono and Line, which is the detail that decides how you wire it. If your amplifier or powered speakers have their own phono stage, the Line output bypasses the turntable's built-in equalizer; if they don't, the Phono setting lets the turntable handle it.

A small-room record player that can also be a Bluetooth speaker

This is the turntable for a den, bedroom or apartment living room where you want records and streaming from one piece of furniture. The removable dust cover keeps the platter clean between sessions, and the four built-in speakers mean you don't need to budget for anything else to start listening.

The adjustable counterweight is worth setting correctly before your first play. It controls how the AT-3600L stylus sits in the groove, and dialing it in is what keeps tracking stable rather than something you set once and forget.

We'd skip it if you already own a separate phono stage, amplifier and speakers you like, because the built-in speakers and Bluetooth receiver would go unused. Before you buy, confirm whether your amplifier or powered speakers have their own phono input, since that decides which RCA output on the ANGELS HORN you'll use.

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