Customer Reviews

JENSEN JTA-220 Stereo 3-Speed Turntable with AM/FM Receiver & 2 Built-in Speaker

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The JENSEN JTA-220 is a nicely compact record player that's ideal for voice as is. The amp distorts at highest volume, but mid level is enough to fill a room with clean sound. This unit performs marvelously when connected to a good stereo receiver via the external speaker clips. You simply will NOT believe it!

Drawbacks:
Radio is merely adequate, but that's a secondary concern for this reviewer.
The dust cover has a spring counterweight on one hinge only and is held in place by two plastic pegs that don't sit all the way into their provided slots. Thus, you must handle the lid gently to prevent its coming off completely.

Positives:
Accurate turntable speeds, no rumble, no wow or flutter.
No vibrations are picked up if you walk near to this machine while a record plays.
45 adapter included in a readily accessible storage spot on the turntable.
A steady tracking tone arm that shuts the platter off when you move it manually back to its arm rest.
Securing clip for the arm and a rotating protector that shields the stylus from damage.
Replacement styli are only a fiver, purchased directly from JENSEN.

When plugged into the record player, there's excellent channel separation over headphones. Bass and high end aren't as prominent as midrange. Perhaps this was done to maximize internal speaker performance. Imagine a graphic equalizer set in a lazy inverted U pattern; that's the effect you get over phones. External speakers are attachable from bare wire leads into spring clips. These will probably reproduce better than the small internals.

As mentioned above, I stripped to bare wires one end of a stereo phono-type patch cord and connected to the external speaker jacks, then plugged into the AUX input of a decent shelf system. Doing so reveals fine audio quality, full bass and respectable high end, with the Jensen's midrange bulge minimized by EQing.


JENSEN's JTA-220 is a fun machine even with its minor limitations and I'm glad I purchased it.

We got this turntable for our 12-year old grandson who has begun collecting records and had nothing to play them on. It is perfect for him. A compact unit with speakers and a radio. He was thrilled when he played his first record. Great sound! His mom is pretty happy too. Cheaper for him to buy records than download music on his ipod. Also bought him a record cleaning kit and taught him how to use it. We were afraid those old records would be scratchy but they sound great. I don't think he uses the radio much but nice that he has that option. This was a great gift for a great price!

I had purchased this for my Mom as a Christmas gift and she loves it. She told me it was made well and had good sound quality.Didn't need to hook up additional speakers as she was pleased with the way it was.It was the best gift she got according to her. I would recommend this product.