All the current cheapies seem to be USB based. Argos sell some really cheap and nasty ones with a radio and 1.5w per channel which will sound awful even to a deaf granny.
Bush used to make a cheap midi sized one which cost £40 and it got half decent reviews in the HIFI press.
I am worried that anybody wanting to get back into the wonderful world of vinyl would buy one of these USB or £50 all in one things find it sounds awful and be put off.
I have a ten year old Project Debut II, it is a very basic deck which cost me £130 ten years ago but it still sounds better than my £300 Marantz CD player or £100 sound card.
Mind you it doesn't matter and I think I have missed the point completly, nobody cares about sound quality anymore. This would certainly explain why the market for budget turntables dosn't seem to exist.
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