Crosley CR6253A-GY Anthology Vintage 3-Speed Bluetooth Suitcase Turntable, Gray

Cool turntable, great price. You won’t blow any walls down volume wise, but it’s a great looking collectible and love the Bluetooth option

I could not have been more pleased! This player does everything as-advertised and has performed flawlessly for me. The internal speakers aren't the best but the bluetooth out feed to good speakers takes care of that allowing me to adjust bass and treble levels. To me the best part is the ability to adjust turntable speeds on the fly. I have some old Edison records that play at 80 RPM's and am able to play them using the 78 speed and adjusting it up to 80. I purchased this after trying two cheaper portable players and sending both back because neither could actually reach 78 RPM's despite the fact they were advertised as being able to play 33, 45 and 78 RPM. The RPM's actually achieved by those cheaper ones never reach even 70! Oh and the stylus on this Crosley is light years better than what was found on the cheaper models I tried, another huge plus for this machine!

I wanted a record player that could handle my collection of 45RPM's - many of which date back to the 50's & 60's. I wouldn't trust playing these on my hi-end Turntable, as they would probably "kill" the needle due to scratches and scrapes. I reserve my good TT for LP's but wanted to use something that sounded somewhat decent for the 45's. I do have a vintage RCA Victor Bakelite record player that I use but it is beginning to slow down, so this Crosley is a nice replacement. Sound isn't the best but then neither was the RCA from the 40's so that's fine by me. Older 45's never really sounded that great to begin with so this Crosley works just fine. I haven't connected it to external speakers, which I'm sure will help. The plus is I am a Beatles fan, owning both domestic and import LP's as well as quite a few 45's. So this is a nice addition to my collection. I've had a few Crosley products over the years, and have never had issues with their construction nor their Customer Service if something was needed.

The Crosley Anthology has the better moving magnetic cartridge than the other series that have a ceramic cartridge. It improves the sound slightly and is a bit closer to a quality cartridge/needle. We love this portable turntable with built in speakers and Bluetooth in/out. We have a high end turntable with an Ortofon cartridge and (of course) this doesn’t compare to that, but we bring the Anthology near our terrace, Bluetooth to a boom box with better sound than the built in speakers and enjoy spinning some blues, jazz, soul and rock albums while enjoying a few adult beverages. The built in speakers are not bad at all, but the boom box we have makes it sound a bit better. We also have some great blues, early R&R and jazz 78’s and play them on this. Same with 45’s. It has RCA stereo outs, headphone jack, pitch control and stops when it gets to the end of a record. It does not return needle back to holder, but that’s fine. These are well made portable players, that are relatively light weight and easy to use. The needle tracking weight doesn’t feel too heavy and there is a weight balance thing that turns at the back of the tone arm, but I’m not so sure it does anything. Don’t spin your $300 rare John Coltrane record if you’re worried about ruining your album, but if you want to have fun, spin some records on the go, I would highly recommend the Anthology. P.S. It’s not a full size turntable, but 7”. I believe someone makes mats for these, but we haven’t bought one yet.

I had to return it,but wasn't the record player,after 6 suitcase record players,I finally found out I had a bad speaker that was causing feedback throughout my whole system.

I have been dealing with customer service for over a year trying to get a record player that works. This one simply does not. It repeats and the sound quality is terrible. I have never been able to play this consistently. All costumer service has done is try and replace parts and repair machine. I am requesting my money back.

I’ve had and heard other portable units. Been very satisfied with this. The built in speakers are the best I’ve heard from Crosley or Victrola; they still don’t compare to a good set of powered speakers and if you want this as a primary unit for your home, maybe invest in a pair of those (or buy a stationary higher end unit). But to fill a small room, or use as a portable unit, this is great. I wish there was push lock or something to secure the unit when moving it around, but I’ve loaded this up with the single clasp multiple times for trips and it’s never opened on me. Of course the platter and most pieces are plastic, and the platter wobbles and I thought that was going to be a problem, but the weighted tone arm keeps the needle right in place and it doesn’t skip or seem to put too much pressure on the vinyl and all of the parts seem flush with one another. If you’re looking for a portable unit to take on vacations or to use on a desk in small room, I don’t think you could do better.I haven’t used the Bluetooth feature, so I can’t say if it likes to disconnect or not or even what version it is.

I’m not a huge record player snob. I had the same crosley for 10 years and it finally crapped out on me so I bought this one. I like the new features such as the pitch and tone controls. You can also connect your phone to it and use it as a Bluetooth speaker but that kind of defeats the purpose of a record player so I don’t use it. The sound quality is much better than my 10 year old crosley however I can’t speak on how it is compared to other brands or styles. Overall, I love it.

Es buen producto, lo di como regalo y le gusto mucho. Siento que esta algo caro vs la calidad del sonido, esperaba un poco mas. Tal vez vale la pena cuando esta de promoción.

Llegó tres días antes de lo esperado, me encantó el color y todo, instrucciones muy sencillas, sonido muy bueno en relación a calidad precio. ¡Excelente producto!

Super protegido, llego muy rápido, recibí el producto esperado, buena relación precio/función