Automat A1 Fully Automatic Turntable with Ortofon OM10 and Phono Stage (Black)

From my review in Outword... The sound quality, is simply amazing. During COVID I bought ELO’s “Out of the Blue” with the album artwork on the disc themselves. I thought it made for a poor pressing when I played it on my old Techniques turntable, but the Automat showed just how glorious it was regardless of the image discs. The Ortofon really pulls out the subtleties, air and space that is so cleverly imbedded in those grooves. Andreas Vollenweider’s “Down to the Moon” is a masterpieces that shines on this turntable. I don’t have many LPs available to me but I can say Norah Jone’s “Come Away With Me” is a stunner, Lorena McKinnitt’s “The Visit” is breathtaking. At this point, I am not longing for upgrades. The Automat is amazing just the way it is. The fact that you get that level of sound quality, and the machine will put on, and take off the tone arm and stop the platter is almost unbelievable. It may sound petty, but I wish it was slightly more automatic. It would be great if it had a Repeat function, and out of this world if it had a remote control so you could start it from the comfort of your sofa. But, alas, having a record player and listening to records is about the experience. it's is an excellent machine. I am really enjoying it.

I bought this particular turntable because it is advertised as one of the best to connect to a Sonos system. I also bought a Sonos Five Speaker to connect it to. This model also has a built in preamp which I thought was a good idea. Bottom line is that there is a strong and loud electronic hum when I try to play this through my Sonos system. I've trouble shot the issue through Sonos and they eliminated any speaker or cable issues. I will call Pro-Ject Customer service on Monday (They are not open on weekends). If I get this resolved I will update this poor rating. It could be that this simply came with a defective preamp that's what I suspect after trying everything else. Update: The tech rep from Project-Ject finally confirmed that it must be a defective preamp after I spent most of the call convincing him that the A1 even had a built in preamp. He spent much of the call telling me it did not and that I needed to purchase an amp. He finally told me to return it. That caused me to decide to purchase the Sony PS-LX310BT instead of simply replacing this model. So my low rating stands.

Never got rid of my vinyl records so it great to play them again, lots of gems that I forgot about. At first I ran this turntable through my phono imput on my receiver and got a lot of feedback, switched to the turntables built in amp and connected it to one of the other imputs on my receiver instead of the phono connection and it worked great that way. Great smooth sound!

How do I return? I am getting a humming nois. My ground is solid. This does not have the build quality I would expect for a $400 piece of equipment. Cheep feeling plastics levers and switches. It tends to get a hum periodically as well. I have a solid ground to amp. Sound quality is OK. I just needed something to fill the slot while I rehab my Revox b790 that started glitching. Just not happy.

I've had a Pro-ject manual turntable for several years and like most I've found it more than terrific. Been looking for an automatic for a second system and figured this would be a good choice. Took it out of the box and started to set it up. In the process found that the tonearm was loose. It was through the gimbal but not pinned in place. How the hell can that happen? Very disappointed in the quality control. Returned the turntable and went with another brand that worked.

Did not have the expected quality from Project sound was a bit thin. But the automated arm did work well

This is not the top of the line turntable, but it has excellent sound like one. I am truly impressed with the performance of this product right out of the box.

Did not work. Had 3 chunks of foam stuck inside the belt. Removed them and the table would spin. Tone arom would never lower to play records. Returned it defective. Took 11 days for pro-ject to reply to my request for help - item was long returned.

Après un.echange rapide suite à un problème de réglage de la fin de course cette platine est de très bonne qualité avec une restitution des sons très bon et l'automatisme est très agreable

Grandson loves his new turntable. He learning about vinyl and this is just right for his first one. In fact the whole family is enjoying it. I did buy an upgraded cartridge but I suggested that he wait until he uses it for a while and then switch when he will appreciate the difference.

If you want a fully automatic turntable, this seems a great option from pro-ject. Ortofon cartridge is quite good. Not the warmest of sound but I think this is a perfectly good midrange option. Pre amp is switchable.

Der erste Plattenspieler ging zurück: die Abspielgeschwindigkeit war zu schnell eingestellt! Aber: die Rücksendung hat wunderbar geklappt. Das Ersatzgerät funktioniert einwandfrei. Bin mit der Qualität sehr zufrieden, das Preis- Leistungsverhältnis stimmt!

On first using the player I was impressed by the sound quality, especially as it was being compared to a very old Technics from the 80's from a mid range hi-fi system. But it did last 30-40 years!! However, after some time the problems appeared. The platter became unstable, dragging on something inside and the speed of the playing altered creating a very unpleasant experience. I contacted to the retailer who offered to look at it and they returned it to Pro-Ject for repairs. Pro-Ject supplied a "new" item. Delighted by this excellent service I set up the new turntable and put a record on..... EXACTLY the same fault. The platter unstable and dragging on something inside once per revolution, weird play speed and the dragging making it worse every spin. This time I asked the retailer for a refund or a different item. They offered me a TEAC to replace it. Now when I received that I understood just how badly built this pro-ject is for the money. Having read through the reviews that have appeared since my purchase I see this is a common issue and not a one off. This unit seems to have a design fault somewhere relating to the stability of the platter.