![]() The most important part of any turntable is its sound and thankfully it sound great. It features automatic record size registation, automatic search functions and a fully suspended platter and tone arm eliminating any vibrations from reaching the stylus. The TX2 has a full metal chasis with an aluminum top plate and platter topped with a smoked acrylic dust cover. The TX2 is, simply put, drop dead gorgeous. Just like all B&O products design is a crucial part of the finished product. Since i cant try and standard cartridges i will have to take their word for it. According to B&O this was to allow for the most detail and lessen the wear on records. B&O originally designed these cartridges to be extremely light weight requiring a light tracking force of about 1-1.2 grams. Regardless, I have been quite happy with this cartridge. It would have been much easier to use one of the standard cartridge mounts that every other turntable uses. This is my only gripe with this turntable. Luckily i was able to find a brand new replacement from the people at SoundSmith. Normally this would not be that big of a deal but with the TX2 and all other B&O turntables it used their proprietary cartridges. ![]() The TX2 that i had purchased came with a broken stylus. Unlike most, however, B&O appeared to have found a way to make it work. In theory a linear tracking systems should be better than a radial tracking turntables because the stylus rests in the record grooves in the same orientation as the original master cut but because many tangential turntables at the time preformed poorly the system was never really accepted. Tangential tracking turntables seemed to come and go in the 80's and early 90's. One of the primary features of this turntable and many other B&O turntables was the tangential tracking system or a tonarm that sits at a tangent to the tracking position. To my surprise i got something that was gorgeous and sounded great. I bought it second hand off eBay expecting something that sounded fine and looked fantastic. I've had this turntable for a few years now. Some may be purely informational while most will be a review. The soundbar pumps out great sound on both tape deck and record deck, so until my toddlers have stopped destroying everything I love and I have some spare money for some nice audiophile gear this turntable will be just perfect.DISCLAIMER: I Havent seen a lot on this turntable around the internet so im going to be a detailed as possible. ![]() The thing is, to my ear this lot sound nice! I've been really struggling for space in my smallish lounge, so retiring my bookshelf speakers from my old setup really helped. Now I know a lot of you guys will scoff at the idea of my setup being worth a crap to listen to, I'd probably have said the same a while back. The only other thing I purchased was a little input switch thingy, so that I can easily switch between tape deck and turntable. The smoky cover and grey/gold scheme are very pleasing to me, it looks great in my home next to my vintage tape deck. I had to wait a few days for cables to try the analog capabilities, and again it sounds great! It looks the part too, very stylish with a retro feel. I first tried it on bluetooth through my Vizio soundbar setup, sounded crisp and clear with great bass. It was nice to be able to retire my pre-amp, as this has a built in pre with on/off option, very nice! The sound quality is decent in every respect. The cartridge is fairly decent from what I can tell with my limited layman's knowledge. The setup was easy and seemingly accurate, no skipping or problems playing new and old vinyls. I was nervous, not sure if the build quality would be decent, but boy, was I surprised. I recently purchased a Heyday, after having several vintage TTs crap out on me.
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