I wanted to buy a record player to casually listen records and since I had been seeing these retro style record players everywhere I figured it might be worth investing in one. When it first arrived I was happy to see that it played my records pretty well, the speakers weren't anything special but it served its purpose. However, after using it only a few times it began to fail; it would speed up and slow down and was completely useless. I figured out that the belt inside had stretched out. It is impossible to find the right belt for this machine and now it was essentially a piece of garbage. It is a much better idea to simply invest in a simple turntable that hooks up to the back of your stereo.