Hi there I have a question. As I'm trying to set the cartridge it's giving me a hard time to properly balance tone arm bc it aggressively moves out and doesn't stay still. So I need some help haha

I don't know anything about putting together stereos and speakers, or anything like that and I figured this out. I put it together plays records great super happy.

The 1ByOne turntable.

We wanted to get a small inexpensive turntable that we wouldn't be too scared to use around our 2 year old son. Also to get started with a compact and simple integrated system for convenience. However, knowing the all in one suitcase turntables etc are not great, we were looking for something slightly better, without going too expensive or high end.

This turntable seemed the fit the bill for a reasonable price, I didn't have high hopes for the best sound but thought it should be good enough to use. It's integrated but the speakers are separate, which is important.

I have to say after setting it all up (really very easy) and from putting the first record on, I was quite amazed at how good it sounds.

Like many turntables at this level it comes with an AT3600(L) cart and stylus. While this is a budget stylus it's actually surprisingly good. Tracking force is high at 3.5g (1 full turn and 1.5g more). I found you can run it a little lighter at 2.5-3g without any noticeable issue. The cart looks upgradable being on standard screw mounts. You can also put a better stylus on the existing cart for a minor upgrade. However the 3600L sounds very good for the price.

The turntable has a belt drive motor set into the base which drives a plastic wheel, on top sits a heavy cast iron platter. On top of that, a felt slip mat. The platter itself is very sturdy and doesn't transmit a lot of noise. I am sure the slip mat could easily be upgraded but the one it comes with seemed sufficient to start out. The motor is unlikely synchronous but at this price point that's fine. The arm and mechanism seems decent, it comes with the hanging anti-skate, which was a key reason we got this model over others that do not support that. Make sure you install this properly. Make sure the turntable is very level and away from vibration, such as front the speakers. Take time to set the weight carefully, you can special get stylus scales for this (not expensive). I am sure this deck is much better than anything you used to be able to get at this price point.

About the speakers, for such tiny boxes they have a relatively decent sound. These are not toys. Rear ported, reasonable base extension. Quite clear sound, great midrange actually, very clear. Take up almost no space. They also look nice, with the grills off too. They sound bigger than their tiny size.

The only thing I changed so far was the speaker cable to something a bit more expensive. Shortly after we were given a nice vintage receiver and of course the benefit of a turntable like this with phono/line outputs and separate speakers was we were able to slot that in and run the turntable into the receiver and the speakers from it. So a 2 box system that is now quite versatile, especially with the Bluetooth (which works fine).

So, overall, pretty impressed with it for the price.

My last system was a project expression 3, carbon fibre arm, Ortofon 2M Black, project phono RS preamp, Arcam main amp, Audes Blues 2 speakers and high end pure silver cables. So while it doesn't live up to the sound of that (which was amazing) to give this little unit some credit, for the price it's pretty good!

So overall I recommend it. Potentially you could budget for upgrading the speaker wire and the slip mat at some stage, even the cartridge perhaps later on. It's still a cheap system and it is far better than these all in one units that are so popular. If you did nothing to it, just set it up probably and I doubt you could fail to enjoy it. Just get some more records and enjoy... 😊

LOVE IT!! Came packaged very well. Beautifully made, set was simple until it was time to balance the weights. I haven't tried to do that since the early 80's. Called customer service and they were awesome and walked me through it. I did replace the speakers down the road. But this system is more than worth the price.

I've never used or owned a record player before. This was super simple and quick to set up and has worked perfectly since we got it playing original records and new ones we've purchased.

The only adjustment I had to make was to put a penny on the needle arm to keep it from drifting when putting the needle down. This was probably due to my own set up and not the product.