My nephew purchased one and I sat down during Christmas vacation to listen to some vinyl records on it and I was impressed. It's a great turntable for the money.

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The Denon DP-300F Turntable, normally $499.00, is on Black Friday Sale for $349.00 at Amazon! This is a very solid AUTOMATIC turntable (button press raises tonearm, swings over to LP, slowly lowers and then returns to the armrest when finished). It does 33.3 RPM and 45 RPM and includes a defeatable built-in phono preamp. Power and RCA cables are not detachable. It includes a dustcover, removeable headshell, a Denon DSN-85 cartridge and a 45 insert.

I bought one of these after seeing and hearing one owned by my nephew-in-law. This is a really good turntable for a newbie or even someone just looking to upgrade from a (shudder  ) Audio-Technica LP-60. This would be a GREAT Christmas gift for that someone just beginning to appreciate good audio. It's even better when you consider that the money you save on the turntable can go towards buying a better cartridge in the $100 range.

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It's been a while since I posted on here, but I upgraded a lot of my recording equipment in the last 10 years.

New microphones:
  - Neumann TLM 102
  - Neumann TLM 103
  - Neumann KM 184
  - Slate Digital ML-1
  - Slate Digital ML-2
  - Roswell Audio Mini K47
 
New preamps:
  - Neve 511 Portico
  - Black Lion Audio Auteur MK II
  - Alctron MP73a
  - Golden Age Project Pre 73 MK II

New recording interfaces:
  - RME Fireface UFX
  - RME ADI-2 Pro FS

New monitors:
  - Neumann KH80DSP monitors
  - Presonus Temblor 8 subwoofer
  - IK Multimedia iLoud monitors

New headphones:
  - Neumann NDH20's
  - HiFiMan Arya's
  - Focal Elex's
  - Stax SR-L700's w/SRM-D50 DAC/Energizer

Outboard Gear:
  - RNC1773 'Really Nice Compressor'
  - DBX 560A compressor with upgraded Burr Brown opamps