I bought it to replace a 70's one that I had and was getting aged. It is exactly what you see (nice, heavy, robust, sounds allright). But I miss so many features the old one had (swich motor on and off, auto return, etc.). This is a very simply turntable that you need to manually control all the functions... But this seems to be the standard these days for this price range, so no complains. It is what it is. Does the job, looks and feels very very nice.