Couldn’t agree more. It’s as of these people flicked through a price list of plug and play and tested on that basis. To be fair, this is the same criteria most people would use in deciding to buy a record player who had no idea how good record players can sound when set up properly and especially playing through a proper phono stage capable of revealing what’s actually going on sound wise. In my rig anything less than superb as a source can sound very disappointing indeed. In fact even highly rated budget kit can fall foul of such a rig. However, the difference in the quality of the sources would be very apparent and I’d expect the rega and project to excel compared to the Sony. The only shame here is that the reason for the rega using the belt speed changing method of moving the belt between pulleys wasn’t explained. That said I’ve heard projects sound good. They are by no means disgraceful in terms of either SQ or performance. Do in that sense this was a win for quality LP play back

He apparently doesn’t care about maintaining his stylus or cleaning his vinyl. If you’re making a close up video, common sense clean whatever you’re filming. I’m not very impressed, these turntable’s are too basic.

I thought the same. I clean my stylus every time I flip my record and use a carbon brush on the record each time. Makes a world of difference imo

Yep😢

a completely different price range

Years ahead of these items on review here .

a few years ago, an Asian tested both project and Rega. Riga won the test better contour in sound etc. and it was Rega 1. that test also included a $ 500 turntable from Sony

Rega Carbon cartridge are cheap AT-3600L with ATN91 stylus. OM 5E can be compared with AT-VM95E cartridge which from my personal opinion have better sound then OM 5E. Btw. This video is longest advertisement than I ever seen. Nothing helpful for everyone who want to buy good turntable.

@@FileFixer007 The Pro-ject offered a better cartridge at a considerably lower price, that's not the show's fault.

OMG .. I’m like ..I recognise that voice.

That's right never mind the music feel the numbers.

I paid for the Brooklyn Bridge.....

Rubbish, there's loads of overpriced stuff, clothing is a prime example, embroider a designer logo on them and the price quadruples over the same none branded item, of the same quality.

Yep.

the sony and rega actually have the same cartridge oem at 3600

You usually cannot select a cartridge when purchasing a turntable. but you can buy a cartridge separately

The Ortofon cartridge would easily outperform the bottom of the line Audio technica AT-3600 with its carbon fibre cantilever. Those cartridges are on many entry level turntables. Also easily attainable online from China for around $20. They're not bad for a low end cartridge. The chuo denshi magnetic cartridge is even cheaper but sounds a bit harsh in high frequencies. It's less common these days, was on a lot of cheap turntables once integrated into the headshell. Newest turntable I've seen it on was a Numark and they put a sticker on it calling it Numark Groovetool.

They are reviewing the turntables as sold. The Sony and Rega both have the AT cart, and the pro-ject has the Ortofon.

Sony ?

Some people use the terms interchangeably, but these are turntables, record players are the all-in-one style

Dude, the better turntables are the spring suspension sub chassis turntables from Thorens, Linn and Acoustic Research. I personally own an Acoustic Research that I bought new in 1985. The tonearm can be swapped out for a different one as I’m sure is the case with the Linn also. As far as the technics 1200, well I’m not a DJ so I don’t need direct drive, plus I like completely manual turntables.

Can't help but feel it's more overpriced than overrated, I'm sure they sound great, but I'm not seeing the price there at all...