The Wacky HYM Duo Turntable! Unboxing & Review!
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- Опубліковано 5 січ 2024
- What even is this? Well, its like nothing you have ever seen before! The HYM Duo is a HYBRID Bluetooth Turntable with a portable and removable speaker! Vinyl + Bluetooth =Hybrid Turntable.
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That gap between the speaker and the turntable would be a deal breaker for me.
I really appreciate that you review things here that I would never buy.
😅 All the best for 2024 to you and keep up reviewing weird stuff! ❤
300 bucks???? My 40 year old technics SLD-1 must be worth a ton!! Still using it to this day!!!!!.Enjoyed the review.
SLD-2 currently on eBay selling for £153.00.
This is why I'd always go vintage over these gimmicky modern products. I've been looking at a full set of mid-range, 1970s Technics components on Marketplace for considerably less than $300. Absolutely no comparison. I'm no audiophile but I wouldn't touch something like this at a quarter of the price.
I found it bizarre that there is only one loudspeaker provided when you're going to be playing stereo discs !
I'm not sure what they offer in their shop now but when this was a Kickstarter project you could order it with two speakers, they can be connected to better stereo.
It sounds OK, but it looks super flimsy and unstable. That light tracking force may seem like a good thing, but not when it causes the tonearm to easily skip and skate.
8:45 was the deal breaker moment for me 🤣
I noticed on the company's website that the nearly US$300 price tag is after discount. The normal asking price is apparently $370! That's criminal! It might be neat if it were a third of the price, but it really should have a headphone jack and/or line out on it
This is a weird one. I think if I wanted something small I would stick with the Sound Burger.
Been curious to see how these type of turntables work. Great Review, as always!
I have a few non-classical Dynaflex albums which sound pretty good with my 12" platter. I don't think they would play on HYM Duo. Anyways, have a good Sunday, my friend.
Record ology your utube videos are awesome my friend
Cool video and thank you for bringing this to the channel. I hate to be a negative Nelson.....................but , it's kinds hokey and that gap ! It's not for me. What's going on over at Rain's Place ? Need more content over there. She has a cool heart felt channel. Also that guy who hangs out with her.................he's alright too.😂😂😂😂😂
I have Just subscribed to your channel and like the fact that you give good honest reviews on these cheap record players and yes I have just bought a suitcase record player from Digit now and the sound quality is better than I thought for £38.99. After playing a couple of records, I am going to buy some external speakers to see if the sound quality improves it a bit.
When you pick up and put down the speaker I can see a very noticeable jump with the record needle and I don't like that
I don’t like that either it’s very sensitive :(
I like the cheap Ion tape player version of that style.
You must have an incredible collection of record players and portable turntables.
I like your videos.
Happy New Year! Wishing you continued success in 2024.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
P.S. I have been playing records since I was a toddler in the mid-1960s, and really enjoy your videos.
Thank you!
This is by far the best record player I have ever seen bar none...I need one today....would have preferred one yesterday but I was not available till today...My friend Matt got one a week ago but hes broken his already because he is so hefty...for me the best part is the speaker..only negative is not having had the opportunity to purchase one of these later...have fun mate..keep smiling..lol....oh...I did wonder if using this player with a record weight might improve the skip back quality...ah well gotta go and comb my hair whats left of it..lol..it looks like the original starship enterprise from underneath
😂😂😂😂
Record ology I learn a lot from you about bying quality turntables and Record players new ones and used ones my friend
Quite a cool little record player.
At the start of your video I noticed your record collection! How many do you have?
Gosh, that’s a good question! It is bigger than it needs to be let’s just put it that way. I have not counted it, but it is probably on the smaller side compared to others.
Does the speaker have to remain under the turntable to play? Or can you remove it and still play the speaker!
I admire your admiration of this product. I can't imagine EVER wanting something that unstable, with the tonearm hanging off the edge and the wobbly surface because it isn't flush with the speaker... it looks like the product wasn't completely designed before it went to manufacturing, or a kid drew the blueprints or something... Fascinating, but no thank you!!
Well that answered my question
I have this same unit unit in yellow. Its not a bad little machine. The Bluetooth speaker is stereo and you can connect or other devices to it. It has great sound dont get me wrong. The album play is great as long as you dump it. If you touch record while there is a brief wow and flutter. Its too bad the player not be rechargeable. Using speaker battery.
Yikes this one's kinda awful especially for the price!! That tonearm seems superflimsy, the uneven gap(which seems it would have been easy to design flushed with the turntable) AND the placement of the power outlet is a weird bad design choice..its basically on the front! Like where could you sit this near a wall where a 12" record wouldnt hit the wall? Bizarre how this wasnt better planned & designed.. especially considering there's so many bluetooth turntables on the market now at a better price & more practical design for sure.
Wait. ain’t that the song from Mickeys runaway railway? Where did you get that??
Good ear! Yes, indeed, that is the song from Mickey’s runaway railway! It is a 7 inch record released a couple of years ago to members of the D23 fan club. I am not a member, but I received the record as a gift. If you want to see more check out our recent short video. You can buy the record on eBay… Not too hard to find thankfully!
Dam man I’m glad there not my records lol 😂 I wouldn’t do it no way that’s something I would have done when I was younger lol 😂 not now I want to take care of my records!
I'll pass.
The only question I had is can you pair the TT part to a different Bluetooth device? To a big set of speakers or a Bluetooth receiver which would then allow getting to the audio signals. And of course BT headphones or buds?
You can pair it to anything but from my expericence need to be VERY patient. 😅 The turntable has no display and so the average speaker or headphones also don't. It's quite tricky to connect it then. Both devices may find each other... and may also not. Pairing with my Marshall Acton takes about 2 to 15 attemps to pair once they are disconnected.
It's cool, but it's basically an expensive conversation piece. Maybe if money were no object.
I note that the needle carttrige is a atn3600
You may have to slide a.peice.of.thick card board between the speaker and the record player to avoid record damage
If the designer was one of my design students, I would have failed him/her and see to that he/she never will work on any design project for the rest of his/her life. Also toooo expensive for this tomorrow's plastic waste for landfill. I like your enthousiasm and optimism as always!
It's a bit expensive for what it is as it does seem like a novelty device. Wow and flutter was very noticeable and the sound was pretty boxy sounding.
If you are wanting small, the Victrola Eastwood is a better value for similar performance.
What is that record you use to test the sound quality? sounds like it had Whiplash on it and some other cool beats
In addition to that I would also be interested in the orange plate used while weighing. 😁
Many of those old Project 3 records were produced by a musician named Enoch Light, who hired the best studio musicians of the day, many of them big band veterans, to make records like this.
The tune you're hearing is called, "Caravan," a Duke Ellington hit (I can't remember offhand if he wrote it or if it's a Billy Strayhorn composition.)
That doesn't answer your question, but I thought I'd let you know that anytime you see a record on this label, it's going to be along the lines of what you're hearing, unless it's specifically themed otherwise.
if you have a stack of postage notes just take off leaves of paper until it fits the anoiling void and the shaky record player is no more!
As protective as I am about my records, the design of this product doesn't sit well with me.
The gap between the speakers and turntable are to prevent feedback . A foam insert might have been an option. Looks extremely well made though.
Can it stream to other Bluetooth speakers? I would assume the gap between the speaker and plinth is to mitigate vibrations. Maybe?
You can pair it to anything but from my expericence need to be VERY patient. 😅 The turntable has no display and so the average speaker or headphones also don't. It's quite tricky to connect it then. Both devices may find each other... and may also not. Pairing with my Marshall Acton takes about 2 to 15 attemps to pair once they are disconnected.
For that price get a CTONE. Far better quality , full aluminium and glass plus stroboscopic speed control and a 16 h battery.
Or for half the price the soundburger , but a bit more finicky than the ctone and yes havethem both as well as a lot of old highquality ones.
But for taking at work or such its either the ctone or the soundburger, not perfect but still great quality for transportable ones.
Oh and the ctone has a regulated anti skating while the soundburger stylus will go all the way to the middle.
Uh, noooooo.
I'm confused, if it still plays after the speaker is removed what is the little connector for? The charging is done through the micro USB port.
Another question, can it be paired to a pair of Bluetooth headphones?
You can pair it to anything but from my expericence need to be VERY patient. 😅 The turntable has no display and so the average speaker or headphones also don't. It's quite tricky to connect it then. Both devices may find each other... and may also not. Pairing with my Marshall Acton takes about 2 to 15 attemps to pair once they are disconnected. And the connector indeed is just for charging. The USB port is just a 2nd option for that. (And maybe for updating firmware, I don't know.)
It may have good sound and an interesting design - but, I think it's a bit impractical for most. I'd guess playing singles (45's or 33's) will be best for this one really. Although, the scraping across the label was a bit of an issue there, I felt. It would be easy to knock the records and the stylus and cause a skip though; especially for a more clumsy person, such as me!
Can you say novelty
i wonder if i can pair the vinyl player to my samsung soundbar
Via bluetooth im sure.
They should have made the platter bigger to support the record better!
Even a metal platter would have helped I think… That being said the wow and flutter was not that bad once it got up to speed
Did it ever occur to you that the piece that holds the arm in place should be put over the spindle to stabilize 12” records?
Did you read the booklet? The product’s website shows that arm holder piece placed on the spindle over the record. Heck, your own video thumbnail even shows it.
I would take the speaker off and put it in my bathroom while taking a shower, sitting on the sink counter top. I like that detachable speaker. I don't like that the record is exposed to dust. I have a 1byone suitcase record player where the cover closes completely over the record. This machine you have is unique, but $300? Not for me.
Being a Kickstarter supporter of this I already own it several years and still like it, but it has like half a dozen of cons which weren't even mentioned here. 😜 To me the tone arm seems too light, maybe also the tracking weight. As there is no real plate here, the needle tends to skip and jump fast when the record ain't in perfect shape. (So I would be interested in that orange plate you use in between, maybe that would help with that problem.) Also the motor to me doesn't seem to be on perfect speed. When you have long sounds like in lots of electronic music or electric guitar ballads or whatever, it often sounds slurring. Don't know if maybe they fixed that in the meantime. Also I must say: The speaker is great and so is the output of the player, but together the sound for me is too weak, espcially talking about bass. When the speaker is connected to the phone etc. with a nice equalizer it sound much more powerful. And also if the record player is connected to a speaker with adjustable bass/treble it sound much better. But that leads to one of the wort problems of the HYM Duo: It pairs fast and without problems to it's owen speaker(s), but when you try to pair it to other speakers or headphines, that can really drive you crazy! Sometimes it doesn't pair at all, then it pairs to some device you don't know of (maybe in the neighbours place?) and most often it takes like 10 or more attempts to connect to the speaker you want it to connect to. Last but not least: In adverts HYm tends to show the Duo as an outdoor player but it still needs a power line. Whenever I put my finger on that telling them they shouldn't hide the cable or pretend it will work on a picnic in the meadow, they told me it's planned to add a battery. But I think they won't anymore as just today they launched the HYM toGO which is an all different device but REALLY for outdoor use, with battery inside.
For what it is, the price really isn't so terrible, but I would rather spend the money on a better turntable, like the AT that plays 78s and has pitch control.
Still, if it were less expensive, I'd love to have one as a portable.
Also, the fact that it's 100% manual would allow me to play things like Hip Pocket records, or those 3" records sold on RSD, and other novelty records. (I think the AT fits that bill, yes?)
Not having any sort of line out, however, means I'd have to do sommersaults beyond my capability to record anything from it to my Zoom recorder (unless I did it live, like I did as a kid with my little cassette recorder.😂
As to what I'd transfer, I'm thinking specifically about those little novelty records whose content cannot be found elsewhere, and would not hold up well to repeated playing.)
Not a deal breaker, but it would be nice.
Look at that Wobble 😂. It’s fun though. Not seen anything like it. Not for some of my, shall we say, more delicate records. All of them. Enjoy if anyone has one… 🥴
I would not put my records anywhere near that thing
Same, and mine aren't even particularly rare, valuable, or well-preserved. Stability is surely a basic fundamental attribute for a record player, and they an't even get that right? I hate those undersized platters at the best of times, but this one looks like it would fall over if you so much as looked at it, sending the stylus skittering across the disc leaving a lovely big scratch 😢
For that money they could half put a 2m red on it ...
I would not waste my time putting a good cartridge like a 2m on this overpriced piece of junk.
I’m done buying anything with micro usb. Even if it’s a good product.
Not practical but fun for the MM cartridge
Good review for a very (!) bad record player. I'd even go as far as saying the latest Crosley Cruiser you reviewed is way better. I consider this a glorified, but clunky Sound Burger. Those at least stand kinda stable, plus they provide a rubber clamp for the record, so it doesn't slip*. It's just too delicate to handle. There is a reason why the basic shape for record players hasn't changed in well over a hundred years: Because it works, and it is user friendly. So one has to spend far too much money for a bad record player that fights you, whenever you try to do something with it. Nah thanks.
*edit: I just saw on the website you linked to, that the tonearm rest doubles as a record clamp.
I would take a Cruiser over this in a second if those were my choices. My #3 is a Revolution Go, it can do most of the things this can and a whole bunch it can’t. Also… micro USB… what a shame.
I like it. But,my wife would kick me out. I have three music 🎶 machines already 😢. I'm a sucker for things like this 😅Goodnight Brother 😴
Record ology your new hym duo turntable is awesome my friend
Too gimmicky, too expensive, and the 0.9% wow and flutter is unacceptable - ESPECIALLY at that $300 price. The designers of this piece of crap were banking heavily on the 'oooh, it's DIFFERENT!' vibe to attract buyers.
This thing places in the price range of a basic U-Turn Orbit, which is a far superior turntable.
The Sound Burger is $199, and a bluetooth speaker of that quality usually goes for about $100. So, it's a fair price. Just need to fine tune a few problems.
I'e@@jerryspann8713 I've zero interest in a sound burger or any other gimmick record player, especially low-effort trash like this.
This is what I see: a goofy design featuring a bodged platter drive, with a magnetic cartridge and a crummy bluetooth speaker.
A couple of years ago I threw $100 for a Target Heyday turntable, brand new. Far superior unit, and it has Bluetooth out, too. The Heyday has feedback-regulated speed control, aluminum platter, and came with an AT3600 cartridge that I upgraded to a VM95. The Target turntable is no longer available, but Best Buy sells a functionally identical unit in their 'Insignia' line. it's $129 at the time I write this. Far shy of that $300 figure.
If I'm interested in Bluetooth, I have a Sony SD/USB/CD/Bluetooth/AM/FM boombox that will utterly smoke the speaker this thing has. Seldom use Bluetooth with a record player - that, too, is largely just a gimmick.
And this thing isn't even really a 'portable'. If I want portable... well, that's what the boombox is for. For portable use, record players rank high as the least convenient format.
Oh my.....this and that Douk switch equal $500 of truly wasted money. Good thing these are review copies and you didn't have to pay......
Not as good as a Sound Burger. The only good thing about it is the moving magnet cartridge l
if 295 is the price its too high it looks very fragile and unstable if it had a clamp for the lp maybe but its not for me
I don’t like the fit and finish. Save a few bucks and get a Sound Burger, if you want a well built and designed novelty record player. Thanks for the video, as always, fun, informative, and comprehensive.
Just fold some paper and shim it. Problem Solved!
Well, it looks interesting as a novelty item. Except novelty items cost half that much. For the price they’re asking, I’d rather pick up a traditional table with a counterweight and some heft to it instead of something that’s only good for “oooh and ahhh” reactions from guests as a toy.
Nearly useless and that’s coming from someone who loves his Revolution Go. Too bad, I do think it looks cool.
Thanx for the review. Defeats the purpose of vinyl. Terrible
Overpriced.
Forget $300, I wouldn't pay $30 for this. With its shape it's not even as stable as most cheap record players. Using Bluetooth to play a record instead of simple, latency free wiring with no digital compression is a huge mistake, too. Hard pass.
Wow! and Flutter! Seems like a really annoying device to use.
Sorry not really impressed with this for that price, could review though.
Oh dear, another solution to a problem that never existed. Audiophiles, even beginner vinyl fans must be holding their heads in hands and holding back the tears. If it were 50 bucks, fair enough, but seriously 300 bucks? The wow and flutter was very noticeable, no support under the record would be entertaining for warped discs! I understand them not putting an audio output socket on there, the speaker I guess might hide some of the rumble, noise and not so great audio reproduction. Even that speaker arrangement is just wrong, nearly 30 seconds to pair each time, delay between the stylus and audio sterilises the whole vinyl experience. It's just too flimsy and fragile to be a practical vinyl player, and completely takes away the immediacy and fun of vinyl by trying to use digital electronics to add novelty.... no no no... sorry this is just wrong. I feel for anyone who buys this.
Erm no.
This thing screams poor design.
It’s really sad that companies are making these stupid products that are just wasting space and will just be sitting in the warehouse. They should make things that are actually good instead of stuff like this that is mediocre at best. And it’s a Bluetooth connection to itself? What’s the point of it being a record player? it’s going through the digital domain anyway!!
This may be the worst record player I've seen.
Truly terrible industrial design. It really offends the eye. Unnecessarily flimsy. Get a proper table with a bluetooth out, if you really must use Bluetooth at all.
A big fail, in my view.
Sadly....looks like a piece of junk
looks like a toy, I'm very happy with my Sound Burger. check the wow & flutter and speed.