This item arrived and was beautiful- It looks very good on the cabinet, and has a nice heavyweight feel to it. This is not a lot of money to be spending on a turntable and a pair of speakers – so it follows that not much by way of designing has gone on here. After owning this for nearly a week and having been through about half my album collection, I’m very happy, and I definitely made the right decision. Whether you live in a sweet NYC loft or a teenage bedroom filled with angst, the C62 can hold its own. The matching MDF speakers look just as good as the turntable and each rock a mid-range speaker and tweeter.

Ensure you have a preamp or amp hooked up if using as Phono or self-powered speakers if using as Aux (determined by plug-ins on back). The amount of amplification that’s built in, meanwhile, is not a number that the company is prepared to divulge. I’ve been meaning to upgrade for a long time from our suitcase turntable (which is also a Crosley, but a much smaller, and older model than this) in to something we could keep at home and place on some new shelving.First, everything you need is in the box; speakers, turntable, turntable mat, speaker wires and needle. And yet the C62’s treble response is dull and rolled off while simultaneously managing to seem edgy and thin. Simon Lucas is a freelance technology journalist and consultant, with particular emphasis on the audio/video aspects of home entertainment. A signature is required, so if no-one is available they will leave a card to arrange a suitable time.

As is only to be expected in a product at this sort of money, there’s nothing remarkable about the way the components are finished - corners are pointy, tactility is negligible. If you are using Phono Out on your Crosley, make sure you are using a preamp or use the Phono In on your amplifier.

That means spring clips for speaker cable, a switch for the integrated phono stage (in case you want to make use of the C62’s RCA outputs to connect the deck to an external amp or powered speakers) and a power on/off switch.