Audio-Technica · Turntable

AT-LP120XUSB

The record player for someone who's ready to stop buying the suitcase kind.

The case

It's direct-drive, with no belt to stretch or replace, and it plays 33⅓, 45 and 78 rpm.
A USB output sends the record to a computer, so a collection can be digitised as it plays.
It comes with an AT-VM95E cartridge fitted and the preamp built in, plus USB and RCA cables. Add powered speakers, or an amplifier and passive speakers, and it plays.

For

A newer vinyl listener who wants a proper deck, or anyone who wants to copy their records to a computer.

Skip if

They don't own speakers. It needs powered speakers, or an amplifier and passive speakers, and this model has no Bluetooth.

Know before you give

The built-in preamp switches on or off, so it plugs straight into powered speakers or into a stereo with a phono input.

How we chose it

We built this from the maker's published specifications and documentation, checked on the date below. We haven't tested it in hand. Prices are the maker's list or a recent retailer price.

Sources, checked 2026-10-27: Audio-Technica, AT-LP120XUSB · Audio-Technica, AT-LP120XUSB manual