I've had this turntable for about 2 1/2 years now, and it worked well for most of that time. In the past few months, the speed became unstable (an extremely disorienting thing to listen to) and it recently bit the dust completely. The turntable has a number of things in its favor, especially the built-in preamp (can be switched on or off) to work with new amplifiers without phono inputs. The sound is good and the price is right, but it's not a model of reliability.