TEAC LP-R550USB all-in-one turntable/cassette/CD audio system review
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- Опубліковано 7 гру 2017
- Have we finally found an all-in-one audio system that doesn't look hideous and doesn't sound like crap? See my "Tweaks & Upgrades" video for more technical information on these systems, including how to adjust the speed of the turntable and cassette player, and recommended upgrades: • TEAC LP-R550USB all-in...
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See my "Tweaks & Upgrades" video for more technical information on these systems, including how to adjust the speed of the turntable and cassette player, and recommended upgrades: ua-cam.com/video/Sl4EA48-D2g/v-deo.html
VWestlife this is a great record player and no junk.
Teach are going back to making good hi fi turntables in Japan.
Very impressed with this system.It is also good if were short on space.Good it plays 78s.Especially new vinyl 78s
Excellent video. Thank you. My only concern:,is there any eq or tone controls? Have they been phased out? Or are they on the remote??are there Two separate remotes? Thank you.
@@h.markhorton8188 There are no tone controls. But it sounds very good anyway.
Wow, I thought that when it comes to A/V equipment, this level of care and attention to detail died years ago. You can tell that the engineers involved in this product were proud of their work. What a rare thing to behold.
TEAC have been around for years. When you really think about it, all the cheap CROSLEY and VICTROLA stereos are basically knockoffs of TEAC
Bvvzv
I am quite impressed. This is certainly the best all-in-one stereo system I have seen in a long time.
You say potato...
OMG it's the Cassette Master commenting again! Love your vids!
It's just a chinese crap that had been rebranded Teac , it equals as Crosley , Yorks ...
A lot of good hifi brands like : Scott, Teac , Dual ...had been spoiled by chinese manufacturers to sell their crapy stereos .
Vintage all in one stereos were good ( i have one 41 years old , still going good with a few maintenance on it ) .
At it's time Teac was high end equipment ( reel to reel tape recorders ) , and after they made good cassettes decks too.
And the one's who impressed by the quality of the Teac is an audiophile.
@@cletusspuckler2243 *Show me a better one !*
Your videos are without doubt some of the best on UA-cam. The sound quality and camera work are excellent! Keep you the good work.
I have no need to purchase an all in one system but enjoy the reviews and quality that goes into them, Thanks
Thank you for pointing out the fact that you can get decent quality without spending a fortune. This will encourage more folks to take up vinyl. This is a good thing for everyone including those oldies (like myself) that never dropped the format.
Surely the best all-in-one review of the best all-in-one system! Keep up the good work.
I Never thought I would say this about a audio unit made in 2017, but this Teac is so very cool and it looks like it is very good quality, Not like so much of the crap they make today. So Impressed!!!!!
So far this is the only high quality all-in-one audio system I've ever seen - and the performance are indeed fantastic for such a reasonable price!
Me too.
After orginally seeing this review I found this exact unit at The Exchange. REAL pleased with it. Hooked it up to my ONKYO reciever and it sounds Fantastic. Mostly wanted for the record player and the cd recorder. I find so much good rare music here on U Tube and all too often it gets deleted. Nice to make myself a more permanent copy.
Never thought I'd see someone on the internet talk about the exchange, very interesting
Been on a binge through your channels as I'm looking to invest in getting a great sound system together but it'll be awhile before I can settle down in an area. A good number of years from now so some constant moving here and there but I think I've settled on nabbing one of these as a good temporary player until then. Keep up the great work, I'm learning so much because of you
I only regret, that I have but one thumb to thumbs up this video. Thank you for this thorough and very helpful review. I didn't even know this thing existed... now, it's at the top of my wishlist. :D
Quite a lot of nice music... Here's a list of all the songs I could recognize:
Network Music Ensemble - RPM
Culture Club - Do you really want to hurt me
Turn Around - Shot In The Dark
The Ken-Tones (???) - Sorry, don't recognize this one
Charlie Rich - The Most Beautiful Girl
Daft Punk - Give Life Back to Music
Anders Enger Jensen / Silverimage - Troubled Hearts (a great MC btw!)
Prince - Purple Rain
Roxette - She's Got The Look
Louise Tucker / Midnight Blue - Only for You
ABBA - Head Over Heels
ABBA - When All Is Said And Done
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Easily
Hometown - Where I Belong
Paul Mauriat - Love Is Blue
Amy Macdonald - This Is the Life
Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
King's College Choir of Cambridge - Wade: Adeste Fideles
Network Music Ensemble - Strings in Bondage
Network Music Ensemble - First Snow
Thanks! I always try to find digital copies of nice music (because I'm personally not ready to get into the hobby of collecting and listening to records), and occasionally, these songs are old enough that I can't find them on Spotify and/or UA-cam.
Don't forget the background music Mr. VWestlife was playing while he was describing the unit.
A few other good songs used in this video:
Shot In The Dark - Turn Around
Silverimage - Troubled Hearts
I really wonder how he is doing that with the copyright mafia.
If I was to post 3 seconds of anything I'd have myself and everyone who can correctly pronounce my name killed.
dp vn03 And the thing is, the copyright mafia hasn't a case if he is just demonstrating how the player works. It's fair use.
Thank you once again for another educational review which focuses on features and performance. A big advantage of this unit for many users is that you aren't dealing with repair/maintenance issues of used equipment, you aren't dealing with wiring and cables, and it seems to be decent quality. Thanks for pointing out that this is a good-quality ceramic cartridge by a Japanese vendor. It looks like LP Gear offers an upgrade stylus for the STL-103 at a reasonable price.
Thanks for this video, VWestlife! I actually have this system. I live in a small apartment and it's perfect for someone like me who doesn't have a lot of space but still enjoys messing around with different music formats. I look forward to your video on stylus upgrades and other tweaks to the system so I can get the most out of it!
Excellent review, clear and easy to understand. I ordered this same device and it's in the mail and I already know how to use it. Thank you VWestlife!
Excellent review. Especially the notion that you were able to demonstrate that this is a good unit without trash talking competing units. Thank you.
I really loved this video!! I also like your other ones as wel. I usually would turn away when seeing an all in one system like this, but this time i'm simply amazed by it. The biggest suprise was the made in Japan cartridge for the phonodeck!! Also the design of this unit is simple, but thats a good thing! It just works overal wel. Really nice equipment!! :-)
I was so impressed by this video and the TEAC LP-R550USB that I bought one. I too got one off of eBay that was sold as-is because I had service it first but I got it all to function properly. Though it has speakers built in it really does sound great with a good pair of powered speakers attached to it and also as you suggested, I use it in a room where I don't need a large set-up of components. This handles nearly every type of music format I want to listen to. Perfect fit!
I'm sold, been wanting a new turntable for years and it's nice to have a cassette and cd player too in one compact system.
Fantastic video. I have been researching these types of units to copy my cassettes and old records from the 60's to CD. I planned on buying the Crosley, but after hearing what crap they are and hearing your explanations of how this unit works, this is what I'm getting. Also, I like that it has a fully functioning playback cassette unit with a pause button. Again--great video. I watched your other video about twerking for accurate speed and liked that, too.
Very detailed and informative review. This really is the top of its class!
Bout time someone did a review of this unit. I was seriously considering buying this three yrs ago but ended building a vintage setup. Could not find a comprehensive, detailed review at the time. Looking forward to the other videos
Good review my man. I must admit, I cringed when the video came up in my feed, but you've finally won me over with a review. The needle drops actually sound halfway decent, and I much appreciated the disclaimer at the beginning. Big 👍
Very nice unit for the less demanding audio enthusiasts among us lol. I’m sure many people who are short on space would appreciate the clean, compact design and decent sound quality. I’m kind of maxed out at this point in terms of audio equipment, with 3 receivers (one’s a Teac!) so I have no use for this, but I’m so appreciative of this comprehensive review you’ve given us. Thanks!
Very nice and helpful description of all the features which are present in this compact all/in/one piece of equipment. Thanks very much for the useful piece of advices you have given us.
First, my compliments on the wide range of cool tunes...but mostly THANK YOU for such a thorough and professional explanation and review! I'm sold! I'm in the market right now so am grateful to have found your video!
I honestly thought this would be crap, but I'm really impressed by it. I would consider getting it if I was in the market.
I love how your videos are sensible and unpretentious. Thank you for your work.
Excellent review! Don't think you missed a thing. You know what you are talking about for sure.Very well done.
Very nice unit. The included CD burner surprised me. This is a pretty good unit for someone needing an all in one, and who isn’t a picky audiophile/needs a crazy loud system.
I followed your directions after purchasing a black TEAC LP-R550USB; replacing needle stylus and adjusting speed Very pleased with the performance. The speed adjust was on a board next to the motor on my model.
Very impressed! I have had this all-in-one in my wish list in Amazon forever. Great video as always!
I love how specific and attention to detail you are. Keep it up! (Make a harbor freight ad video like that heartland catalog video) Look up hazard freight and someone made a mock of the harbor freight ad
I was wondering when someone was going to produce a decent all in one system and from this review it seems teac has done a pretty good job of stepping up to the plate! great and interesting review, now I want to get one! rob
This is excellent! i will put this review on my bookmark list in case ANYBODY again asks me "what record system to begin with as a starter". The price looks a bit elevate (compared to the trash we are used to, but when i remember what i had to spend some 30 years ago for a half decent fisher, sharp or Aiwa, it is still cheap. (and no, i am not referencing technics, onkyo and other enthusiast's brands. this was out of scale for young people as we were. )
Nice review and demo. While I have never been a fan of these all-in-one systems, this unit seems to be of good\decent quality. Based on your thorough review and demo if I was in the market for such a system, this would be the one I would choose.
An awesome review. A true professional with no unnecessary drama. 👍🏻
Thanks so much for Both this and the tweaks & upgrades video. Because of these videos, I decided to buy the LP-R660, and I love it! I love it so much that I just ordered a second one, "just in case". I've been recording my huge collection of 78's, and they play flawlessly on the LP-R 660, of course with the proper 78 stylus which I got from LP Gear.
I've also purchased a great circle cutter with a maximum size of 10 1/4 inches, perfect for the turntable platter. I've cut a few different standard size mats to fit this.
Thank you so much for this video because I have the LP500 machine available in the UK and I must admit it does sound better than the 'old fashioned' looking machines on the market. I use mine for tapes and a large collection of 78s and am well pleased. This video has bolstered my confidence in its further usage for CD recording. Many thanks.
Great review! Really like your thoughts and trial of this, I will definitely get one of these - mainly to simplify copying radio broadcasts and transferring some obscure LPs of Romanian folk music
Ok, you're totally making me want to get one of these now! It looks really nice and with a surprisingly decent pair of powered Edifier speakers (also woodgrain so they'd match this nicely), I think it would be a nice compliment to my vinyl. And hey, though I may be a millennial, I actually still listen to the radio as well (mostly FM, as well as SiriusXM and the occasional AM).
Excellent review Kevin.
I mostly have separates and I would still buy this at $300.00 the amazing CD recorder functionality makes it worth it already, hell I could connect the aux out and in connectors of this into a tape monitor of any of my systems and it would integrate to it without hassle, thanks for the recommendation, loved this one
I loved this video. I can see your rebelious streak also. You have clearly sacrificed monetisation to bring us a truly engaging video, Thank you.
Seems good compared to the other all in one systems. Thanks for the deep review.
Vwestlife I am impressed. It's clear Teac put some thought into the design unlike some of the others. The CD recorder looks awesome and I'd definitely find it useful. Impressive! It's like a modern music centre (we used to call them in UK here )
Teac didn't put any thought into it. It is outsourced Chinese crap licensing the Teac name.
@@demonufo outsourced to china? maybe
Crap? No.
@@qwertykeyboard5901 Not crap? It's utterly horrid. The turntable has a flimsy wobbly tonearm, a crappy ceramic cartridge, and sounds no better than the modern Crosley crap.
It's truly awful, and not befitting of the formerly great Teac name. The tape deck is also horrible quality compared to even the most basic of 90's entry level 2 head decks, with cheap and basic record/replay amps. There has been the absolute minimum of engineering gone into this. The only important criteria seems to be to cram as much crap as possible into it, without any thought to quality.
@@demonufo Did you even watch a minute of the video?
@@qwertykeyboard5901 I don't need to watch the video. I'm an electronics engineer (avionics and radionics by trade). I've been brought one of the units to repair in the past, which I did - and it was dreadful.
Quite frankly, the guy doing these vids is a moron. Anybody who has ever set up a proper turntable will know this.
I don't have any tapes, cd's, or records, but now I want one of these all in ones.
Well get collecting!
Best AIO I have ever heard. I thought my Jensen 1250 sounded pretty good when I bought it, but this TEAC blows it out of the water, for a very comparable price. I love that it has cassette adjustments for the tape type; don't know that I've ever seen that on an AIO before. It might be replacing my Victrola Empire Mid-Century in my front room next year (my Victrola is focused specifically as an LP and 45 player, though it does have CD and cassette capabilities). My Jensen is in my bedroom and is focused on CD and Cassette playback. I won't be replacing it for a few years yet.
Please do a review video on your Jensen as a blind person. It would really help me out.
I really appreciate your videos and your work on them - thx
This is exactly what I've been looking for and found the 660 version new through a 3rd party seller on walmart, stoked to have an all in one that will have good audio quality thank you!
I just got this yesterday (well, actually 2 of them due to a mistake by the Amazon seller) hooked it up to my Edifier R1280T powered bookshelf speakers (with a good amount of bass and treble set on them) and immediately I was blown away by the sound quality compared to my ION Max LP. This thing sounds impressive!
I think it's safe to say that this will now be my new default turntable. It's clear to see that TEAC put some time and effort into designing this thing because of using genuine parts for the turntable instead of Chinese clones.
saxman112 I have the Bluetooth ion, it's terrible. It won't even play new records as it skips over any section with deep bass. I'm putting this teac on my wishlist
Haha that techmoan reference. Yeah he would say something like that lol
Nice demo. Seems like a very nice all-in-one. I always liked TEAC, they were known for decent quality.
I could not for the life of me figure out the difference between the 550 and the 660, until you pointed it out to me in the first minute of your amazingly thorough video. And I agree, matte is nicer than "piano" glossy.
thanks for playing shot in the dark again. I keep forgetting to buy that vinyl.
That's a good piece of audio equipment!!! Congratulations!!! Excellent video!!! I'll suscribe right away!!! So much content to watch... cool!!!
This sounds really nice. Teac always made a good reel to reel tape deck, too. If they would have added a magnetic cartridge with a removable headshell, this would have sold me. It still sounds great, though. Very well made. Thank you for sharing.
Dat techmoan ref tho
Everything I needed to know - Awesome review.
Really really excellent review video. One of your best yet. Can't wait for the upgrades follow-up. Do mention if this particular piece of kit has good-enough preamplification for the ceramic cartridge or if it too can benefit from an outboard ceramic phono preamp like the Realistic you showed elsewhere (which turns out are nearly impossible to find here in Europe...).
As I mentioned in the video, TEAC properly matches the impedance of the ceramic cartridge, so the sound you get from this unit is already the best possible from it.
@@vwestlife Would it make a big difference to connect Klipsch R-15PM speakers with phono switch on and use the lp gear cerapreme blue stylus on the cartridge? Compared to the stock stylus and speakers on the teac.
The Klipsch speakers would be overkill as you can't turn off the phono pre-amp in the unit. Adding a pair of powered speaker would definitely boost the sound quality. He mentioned in the video that the Cerapreme blue stylus is a good upgrade for these units.
Wow! This is a really decent unit! I'd love to have this in my bedroom so I don't have to keep dragging my living room turntable upstairs.
Teac knows how to make great turn tables. I own an all-in-one Teac LP-P1000 with separate speakers, they sound great and take up very little space in my room.
I just purchased one of these all in one stereo system on line through AMAZON, but order the TEAC LP-R 650USB instead of the LP-R 550USB although it has a nice wood touch I love, but I heard it has more bass and the speed of the turntable is normal.
Thank you for your valuable information, and I appreciate it. : )
I just grabbed the LP-R500 (the same as this video but with out the USB feature) for $25 CAD at my local thrift store. I only need to fix the cassette player. Other than that and after watching this video, I am sooooo happy with this.
Great video and I learned a lot about this system.
LOVE your reviews!
Excellent review (as usual). Now, wish I had a spare $300.00
Thanks for the video i will buy one for my dad as a Christmas gift!
Just picked one up new on Ebay for $206 based upon this review. Can't wait to get it in.
Another Superb Video my friend! thank you!
G'day, VWestlife! Marvelous review! I will agree, you have quite a lot of nice music... Plus, the LP-R550-USB CD Burner is a terrific bonus! "The sound is good coming out of the speakers, but when you add speakers by say 'Mission', wow! The record player is wonderful. All types of records play wonderfully on it, old and new too. I like seeing how easy replacing the needles will be, and you can buy spares. Every aspect of this record player is top notch."
Cheers! :-)😊🎼🎷
The needles are available , they are the sames as Crosley , but i recomend you to buy diamond needles ( the brown one in the video is a diamond , the red ones are saffire ) , diamond last longer and have better sound quality .
I've got it, and love it. Looks good, sounds great, very versatile and a very good price. Thoroughly recommended.
Great Information! I ordered this unit because of you!
Great video man! I took the plunge and got one of those after seeing this video. I have a old hi fi unit that has room for a amp underneath with a cabinet at the side along with record storage. I managed to get one the same colour as the one that your using in the video. It more or less goes with my hi fi unit. I've had separates before and , don't get me wrong I love them , but wire's , plugs , I can't be bothered! It's just a pity it doesn't have Bluetooth , but like The Rolling Stones say you can't always get what you want!
Looks like someone knew what they were doing! If the tape deck had a record function (AC bias of course) it would be perfect.
CoolDudeClem Kind of like the Sony boombox from Japan that Techmoan did a review about. Modern, but decent quality.
To me, what would make it perfect is Dolby noise reduction, but thats not really possible now.
MrEthan520 We have to look to many TOTL 1980's boomboxes such as National/Panasonic RX-7000, RX-7200, RX-C100, RX-C60 or Sony CFS-F70 and CFS-F40 and many others like Sharp GF-1000 and Toshiba RT-S983 which have their own noise reduction systems.
@@ethan043 Dolby refuses to give out a licence for NR
While I intend to get a separate turntable and I get picky. This unit has served me really well for the past 2 years. It is a reliable piece of kit which doesn't sound like garbage compared to other all in ones. Obviously there's no bass control as this is obviously bad for the stylus (could potentially jump out of the groove but still has really nice bass). I've currently got it hooked up in my Yamaha and it sounds much better and would recommend you do the same....
Good video. Comprehensive as per usual.
Most excellent review
Thank you for enticing me to seek one of these
Finally what seems to be decent for my sixties seventies media
This actually looks really good. You know if I had extra money I would probably go out and buy one of these. Thanks for doing these good videos. I'm really impressed with this unit. And I had one of those crosley's that I found at a thrift store and it did not perform well at all. This looks like something that one Auto get. It's got everything you want. And I'm sure even the millennials might use the a.m. and fm. Anything retro I think they like.
An all-in-one that works well and isn't ugly? Awesome! It's nice that some companies are getting past the novelty retro-looking cheap junk and producing acceptable quality equipment. It's too bad it lacks a cassette recorder, but the CD recorder's capabilities almost makes up for it. Hey I wonder if that cartridge would fit in one of those narrow little BSR headshells? That might be a good upgrade, since it'll probably track better than the ones with the flip stylus. Haha that long pause in Roxette's "The Look", it triggers my tape deck's auto music search as well.
Excellent review! Very complete, well done!
One week ago, I found a used TT on the curb while on a walk with my dad. We later had a conversation about the RCA 45 player my dad’s school used to have. He then suggested getting a record player. Why tell you this? I don’t know, but this was still a nice video! At least this one has SOME base. Wouldn’t mind it as a FIRST record player.
Hard for me to see and believe anyone gave a thumbs down on this one.
You answered my question of what's on the back of this unit as every slik photo from TEAK I have seen only shows the front and sides. You also filled in the blanks on questions I had not even realized I needed to know. I plan on using my Denon surround sound amp and wanted to make sure it has compatible RCA outputs. Thanks...
Are you aware of any audio recordings that take advantage of Surround Sound? When watching movies that use it, the extra channels really stand out. I recall back in the day, Quadriphonix (4 channel) gave it a try but was only broadcasted from limited stations and it never really took off.
I wish others would follow Teac's lead and make *practical* all-in-one audio systems instead of the showy faux-vintage ones that are crap quality. That said, I don't remember you mentioning if this unit had any kind of equaliser or bass/treble adjustments. Love your videos ... keep 'em coming.
The TEAC LP-P1000 system has bass, treble, and balance controls, but their other models don't.
Thx.
excellent video as always sir
An extremely good and honest review. I was in a dilemma-- to buy the TEAC double cassette W1200 or this model LP-R550-USB. After your review, I am a convert. Will get this TEAC over the W1200. Thanks. Love from Bangladesh.
Fantastic review. So helpful.
ty for making this video, this system really seems great!
Neat CD Burner feature Even supports CD RW
Love your videos - especially the windows OS ones.
I have one of these and am in the process of saving/recording my vinyl onto my pc so I can listen to the music in my car, on my phone, etc.
Very good explanation my friend....well done.
Great video and review. Really enjoy your channel. My questions are . . . With units such as these, how does it behave 2 years later? Anything change? Does all 3 player drives still work and has the electronics remained stable and where can I purchase a turntable mat?
4:53 - "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" sounds awesome!
12:34 - Exactly the song I was thinking of when you mentioned track splitting with songs that have a long pause in the middle.
The woodgrain finish is really spectacular. Is it genuine wood? Or has the "simulated woodgrain finish" industry finally cranked out something that looks real? I hate the glossy "piano black" fingerprint-magnet finish everything ships with these days. The whole unit seems to fit modern technology into a retro-style cabinet without getting tacky. It looks well-constructed and I couldn't discern ANY wow & flutter.
I'm very happy to see Teac hasn't gone to crap like some brands have lately. All-in-all, a nice unit that covers most of the audio sources the typical home user would need. It would have been nice if they tossed an 8-track player in there, too, but if I were to buy this I'd probably plug in my Panasonic RS-803US into the Aux In jacks.
I'd love to see a teardown, just to satisfy my curiosity if they used a Teac-branded CD-R drive. ;-)
I very highly doubt it's real wood. Even in the '70s, a lot of very good quality audio equipment was plastered in fake wood. Also, it would be cool if 8 track players made a comeback, wouldn't it? As a fan of 8 tracks, I think that would be really cool.
It's a pity it doesn't record to tape. Otherwise it's a pretty darn nice machine.
dp vn03 I guess that would be kind of cool, wouldn't it? Maybe the idea is that cars with tape players just don't exist anymore honestly. But they definitely are still around on the used market.
chrysanth. 「少女全能」
Sure, I would just like to have that feature because it used to be there.
In my component system I also still have a tape deck. Don't use it too often, but it is nice to have. Just feels more complete.
chrysanth. 「少女全能」 The last car I had with a stock cassette player was a 2002 Acura TL. It didn't eat tapes but it did devour CDs occasionally, and refused to spit them out. 😐😑
That's annoying.
I am pretty young, currently driving my first car, a 2007 Golf. Its original radio, the RCD300, had a fun front-panel defect, so it wouldn't shut off anymore, it just would keep playing the same CD over and over, I couldn't set the volume either or interact with it in any way. I now upgraded to a current generation VW radio that miraculously was still compatible with my car's electronics. Now physical media in the car has died for me. Well, except for SD cards, but a 128GB card fits pretty much everything I am interested listening to in the car, so I won't take it out that often.
if this thing was able to record to tapes, even without NR, I'd buy it in a nanosecond
Wow, the sound it’s really good!
Great review. Too bad there isn't many quality systems like this available today, I remember the Sony all-in-one systems in the 70s. They were really excellent and had built-in DUAL turntables (usually the 1215 or 1225).
wow you should work for TEAC that was a good review, i'll buy one tomorrow.
Cool little system. Looks like a desent all in one. I have noticed that a lot of the new radios out there on am have the auto gain control. I am not a fan of those types of radios. They struggle when you want to do true late night dx'ing. But for what you have there looks like a fun littlr system. Cool review. I think that I will stick with my old vintage equipment. 😊
I really like this, great review.