I liked the fringe benefit of the large canvas that the album cover added to the mix. My last turntable had the strobe light and the little bumps around the turntable so you could put it at exactly correct speed of sharp or flat if you chose. As a guitar picker, I often like to play with a song to get the hang of it, and with the changing speed function, I could always find a capo placement or key to play along w/o the need to retune.

Not sure if that is available with CDs or MP3s. I've found some speed control programs but they're not what I wanted.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K