Denon DP-29F

I bought this to replace an old Dual I got for free. I haven't had it that long but I like it so far. It sounds great on my Technics receiver, the speed/pitch is accurate, and it's easy to use. The auto return works well. It doesn't have a lot of features but it does what I want it to.

Pros: - Built in pre amp that can be switched off for receivers with phono inputs - Comes with a 45 adaptor

Cons: - Doesn't have a lever to manually raise the tone arm, you have to set it on the record with your finger if you don't use the auto start

Pretty basic but good value for money.

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This product was recommended by Marshall after I told him what I was looking for. I am totally satisfied and the turntable took care of what I wanted. Marshall must surely be an asset to the company.

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This is a good turntable for the money. Please note a few things. It does have a built in pre amp which works fine. The only problem with this turntable is that it is ONLY fully automatic. I didn't notice that when I purchased it. There is no que or damper for the tonearm. You just push a button and it plays.

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Cheaply made. Don't have high hopes for durability

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Sounds good, easy to set up and use.

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A great value and an outstanding product. Easy, straight-forward set up only takes a few minutes. Not feature-packed, just a solid performer. Looks great and sounds great.

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Good entry level turntable.Went together with realative ease and worked the 1st time.

Pros: Good price

Cons: Does not have the tonal quality of a great turntable.

A perfectly acceptable and very reasonably priced turntable. Easy to set up. Only downside is that the switch to select whether one is plugging the output into a phono input or an auxiliary input of the stereo is hidden under the turntable platter, and not obvious to find.

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Sounds Great. Looks Great. Good quality at a reasonable price.

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Great Entry Level Turn Table, I have mine wired up to my Kenwood Receiver, the only thing I suggest doing is replacing the stock Cartridge with a After Market one of your choice.

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Look, ain't fancy but for the money it does the job. Holds its ground well if you are dancing in the room. Decent sound. Pre-amp built in. Cons: a little bit of work putting it together. The attachment to move the arm is hard for old fingers to get hold of. Overall, for what it is, it works just great.

Pros: Sound, balanced, doesn't shake, inexpensive

Cons: handle on arm is, well, hard to handle

Not that impressed with the quality of this turntable. Being a DENON product, which by the way, I've always loved and had their products for many years, I was disappointed in the overall looks. I also realize this product was a modest price, so I wasn't expecting a Mercedes Benz, but a Cadillac would have been good. I most likely will be returning this product and upgrading to a bit more quality. The sound was 'weak' and too much noise to my liking. As they say, "you get what you pay for"! Please know, this is not the fault of Crutchfield! They offer great products at great prices and I will continue to shop them.

Pros: Great turntable for a 'kids' room. Easy set-up

Cons: Quality of product not very good. Sound very weak and tinny. Not a professional looking turntable

This Denon turntable is awesome and sound sweet to the ears. Very well made and good quality for price paid. Very please with it. It even has a static reduction switch for those old worn-out vinyl albums so you can get best sound possible for those oldies songs. Highly recommended.

Pros: Static switch, easy setup/ fitment in standard cabinet/ user friendly,

Cons: No adjustable weight balance on back of arms.

The turntable is awesome. I got it hooked up to my Sansui system and playing my old albums. The output is incredible.

Pros: Easily fits into my entertainement system and output from my speakers incredible.

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Easy set up. Easy instructions. Great sound.

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I got the turntable in a couple of days. It was a very good deal for the price and plays my old albums quite nicely.

Pros: Good price. Good product.

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This turntable, while inexpensive, sounds great. It was easy to set-up;had good packaging and clear instructions. Great to listen to "Layla", Yes, Joe Walsh and Led Zeppelin again!

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Perfect for the beginner

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Overall, I have been very pleased with this turntable. I dusted off my old albums and became nostalgic about listening to vinyl again. I couldn't rationalize to myself spending a fortune on a high end turntable when I consider all the various means I have of listening to music now. Surprisingly, the Denon DP-29 sounds really good to my ears even on my records that are 30+ years old. It was easy to set up, and I found the automatic play and stop a great feature. I had one issue with a menu feature on my Denon Receiver when I installed the turntable, but Crutchfield support helped me fix it within minutes. I think this is a great purchase for someone who wants to get back into listening to records without spending a fortune on a high end turntable.

Pros: Ease of installation, great value for price, automatic start and stop features.

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Very happy with product and have been telling people in person not online.

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Very good turntable for the money performs well and very easy to set up and use.

Pros: Good value for what you pay easy to use and enjoy

Cons: If you're looking for a high end performing turntable this is not what you're looking for

Enjoying my turntable. Received it on the date promised, unpacked it, easy set up, works very well. Able to play my LPs that have been in a closet for about 35 years. I know it's an inexpensive model, but I am completely satisfied with the product and its performance.

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Fantastic turntable for the price. Works really well. Two things I'd change, one is to have a lever to raise and lower the arm at any point on the record. Second is for the finger attachment (how you raise and lower the arm manually) to be a little bigger or easier to grasp ... my hands aren't as steady as they used to be. :)

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This seems perfect for me. A medium priced turntable that will do 33 and 45 rpms. The arm puts itself down automatically and returns to its holder by itself when the record is done.

Pros: Very quiet operation.

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full automatic turntable

Pros: EASY TO SET UP. good sound quality. great service from crutchfield.

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Very unhappy with this purchase. There is minor assembly, the platter has to be attached. The belt is super cheap, it's basically a rubber band. The body is really cheap plastic. The buttons on the front are poorly made plastic. It just does not have the quality I expected. I didn't expect a high end turntable for the price, but I did expect something at a minimum standard of acceptability.

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Cons: cheap, poorly made plastic turntable.

i purchase this turntable from Crutchfield and its a very good buy. also they deliver on time i like that.

Pros: i was able to get it up and running in just a few min.

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Great to have for vinyl albums that have been in storage for many years

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I've purchased two of these in the past few years, first for my son and then my daughter, as their entry into the world of vinyl. It's a solid turntable with a better than average cartridge included. I was very pleased with the sound when I hooked it up to my receiver and appreciated how versatile it is with the pre-amp switch on/off. I highly recommend it for anyone getting started on a vinyl or for rediscovering some old favorites.

Pros: Cost. Sound quality. Ease of use.

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This turntable marked my entrance into the world of LP's. It sounds beautiful, the construction seems sturdy, and it couldn't be easier to use. I would recommend it to anyone!

Pros: -Tracks Well -Sounds fantastic -Easy to set up/use

Cons: -None so far

When the CDs and DVDs have won the market and piracy is on top, Denon's DP-29F has taken me 20 years back when I used to play my vinyls on my Phillips turntable. When purchasing, I had a lot of doubt regarding its quality. I put my first LP on it with hesitation,but to my utter astonishment, I listened a true rich and nice sound which at once made me nostalgic! THANKS DENON FOR YOUR PRODUCTION..

Pros: Cheap,Easy to use, good looking, good reproduction.

Cons: I'm not a fault finder!

It plays LPs (78s) to fast..there is no adjustment for LPs, it's garbage...how do you put this out there with no adjustments for something so common...amongst vinyl anyway.

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For the price, the turnable does the job.

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Great turntable, the automatic start stop feature is just like my turntable 40 years ago. Excellent sound

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so far works well. good value for the price

Pros: easy to connect and use. built in preamp does good job.

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The Denon DP-29F is exactly what I was looking for to listen to a stack of records I saved from the 60's and 70's. It is very easy to set up and operate. Although it is very light weight, it works very well. I purchased it after my 32 year old turn table died. May not meet the needs of someone looking for studio quality.

Pros: Easily set up and very simple to operate.

Cons: Light weight.

This item may be alright for kids from 8-12. After that, they deserve better. I paid for a used DP-29. First, my experience in Hi-Fi: I began putting my first decent system together in 1977. I bought a BIC 940, then a Kenwood amp and AR-18 speakers, later a cassette deck. I began to collect, sell and thoroughly enjoy speakers from the AR's to Bolivar's, Technics, Micro-Acoustics, KLH's, Pioneers and as many amps and tape machines, tuners , CD, SACD, DVD-Audio and on to Japanese consumer heaven... After receiving my Ebay "prize" I gave it a look over. I thought,"NO way I would put good vinyl on this...who knows what kind of stylus it has? How much weigh does it track with? If I want to change cartridges do I really need epoxy, a hack-saw and two pennies taped to the head shell for weight? I threw it away. It came time a year and a half later to get a real but inexpensive turntable. It HAD to be automatic as I am prone to falling asleep and finding the record in the lead out groove...for hours. The controls are on mthe outside of the dust-cover where they should be. The DP-29 is built on the same design pattern as the cheapest asian offerings. Do yourself a favor and get a 300. It is as if two different companies designed and built them but although the DP-300 F is a step-up dollar-wise it is a real turntable, the other, a toy...the tonearm is just awful, the flutter is a problem as are the "little feet". Good for a classroom...maybe.

Pros: Cheap, easy to set-up, easy to chose cartridge.

Cons: You can only choose cartridge that is affixed to arm. No counterweight. Bad drive system, noisy. Cartridge cheap.... YUCK!

The set up is easy. Unfortunately I didnt open the box or set it up for nearly a year after buying it. It was a Christmas gift and we just didn't get around to bringing the boxes of LP's out of storage, or creating a good set up area soon enough. I know Crutchfield would have taken it back, it isn't their fault. My advice is set it up and use it right away to hear how your music sounds. I'm not sure if it is the cartridge- I see other reviewers mention issues with the sound because of the cartridge. In our case it actually plays the albums at a slightly higher speed. There is no adjustment for turntable speed on this model. I contrasted the playback to the artists website versions, or my purchased cd versions and indeed the sound is way off. One reviewer improved the sound by turning off a preamp on the model, which I couldn't locate or don't have. Another another reviewer said theirs played 78's well. Our model has speed adjustment for 45 and 33-1/3. Ours was bought a couple years ago. Sadly, I wouldnt even feel good giving it to Salvation Army.

Pros: Crutchfield is very helpful. I recommend them.

Cons: Consider buying a turntable with platter speed adjustment, and a mechanized tonearm lift so you can and cue the needle safely to different tracks easier.

I was recommended this product to give to my son for his 20th birthday at college. The first unit did not work and as the stylus arm and motor would not activate. A second unit was shipped and this unit had a humming noise when playing records. It was hooked up to two different amps with the same result. He is on his third try to get a unit to work for him and we have our fingers crossed that this one does the job. Denon should probably stay with making surround sound systems

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Although I just recently purchased this item, I am confident that it will be just what I needed. It runs very smoothly and plays both LP and 45rpm records without any problems. The average customer reviews give it an academic grade of "B," which implies that very few complaints have been registered against the turntable. Doubtless, I would need to spend a lot more money for one the received an "A." rating. As the leading comsumer magazine would say it's a "Best Buy."

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I got this turntable for my wife and have had it for around 6 months. The automatic arm no longer works, it only drops the needle on the record and then picks it back up and quits. We have to manually use the arm. Now when it comes to the end of a record it picks the needle up and drops it over and over. Tried to speak with Denon over the issue. I have to pay up front to ship it to a repair center to see if it's broken. No reimbursement for that. I explained that I'm not even remotely close to a center. Aproximately 900 miles. They said I'm sorry there is nothing I can do. I suggest if you live in a rural area, to not buy from Denon. I can see paying for the return if it turns out that the product was not defective. Not happy.

Pros: Crutchfield is a great company to deal with! In no way should you use this review against them. They're great!

Cons: Relatively poor customer service on Denon's part.

Relatively easy to set up. Initially I hooked the drive rubber band around the wrong post but once straightened out the turntable worked perfectly well. My wife is now listening to some 20 classical and operatic albums she picked up for $15. These old 78's sound fine.

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So far, so excellent. It's still new. It sounds great through my Bose system. Certainly priceworthy. However, I would have preferred a manual tone-arm for easier selection on a record.

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Works great, easy to install. First time I've heard my records in over 20 years. Takes me back!!!

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The best turntable for the price!!!!

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Easy to set up, but make sure to read all of the instructions including the illustrations. After a few missteps we had it working in relatively short time. It plugged into our Kenwood stereo system with no problem. Love the sound.

Pros: Quick delivery, product setup easy.

Cons: Some parts of instructions were confusing and not extremely detailed.

Buying this turntable was a very good thing. It is very easy to set up and the sound we get when we play our 30 - 40 year old LP's brings back wonderful memories. I highly recommend this turntable to anyone who wants to hear their music once again.

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I do have a very extensive collection of records that I started back in the '60's. I have not had a working turntable in a very long time. This turntable works very well and it is very reasonable in price. But just who needs a turntable aymore? If you do, then buy this one.

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Had it for a few days and so far so good, except that the turntable has no Cue setting, so that if you are cleaning a record, you have to hold the tonearm up with one hand(so that the record starts spinning), while you clean the record with your other hand. Makes it a bit awkward. Also, the tonearm has the tiniest handle to hold onto, so those of us with gorilla fingers may be a bit put out. Best to order another turntable with a Cue setting.

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Five stars for price. Four and a half stars for sound. Three stars for light construction. Two stars for manual usability. It averages out to 3 5/8 stars, but rounds to four. I'm running this turntable through an Onkyo TX-8555 reciever and Klipsch Heresy III speakers and it sounds very good. My biggest complaint is the way the turntable is billed as having a "manual lifter mechanism". I should have looked more closely at the photographs, but this mechanism is not a lift lever, it is a small plastic prong sticking out at a slight angle beside the cartridge. I find it extremely difficult, and I do not have gorilla hands, to manually place the needle. I pretty much just press "start" and let it do its thing, which is mostly fine because I'm usually listening front to back anyhow, but I would love to have a safer option for manually placing the needle. The two-year warranty eases my mind toward the light construction. Absolutely workable interim turntable. FYI, if you Wikipedia "belt-drive turntable" you get a photograph of this one with the platter off.

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Pros: bang for the buck- probably none better. Built in pre-amp simplifies things. Solid construction. Cons: None I can think of.. Had the unit for 5 months and no issues. Summary: There are plenty of better sounding turntables out there- but none that sound this good at this price. I would reccomend this to anyone wanting to get into LPs but not looking to spend a fortune.

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I received this as a holiday gift from my wife's parents. It was simple to setup and has excellent sound quality. The only issue I had is that initially there was quite a bit of sound distortion. After I ruled out dirty vinyl by trying new LP, I thought maybe it came with a bad cartridge. I came on Crutchfield.com to research how to buy a replacement cartridge, but when I read the product description for this player, it mentioned in the features a built-in pre-amp. This was not mentioned in the manual at all during setup. So I decided to check for this switch's position. Sure enough, it was set to "On" by the factory. I'm not sure why this would be; most receivers these days have built-in amplifier. Maybe they assume that if you're buying a turntable that you have separate tuner amplifier? Not sure. Anyways, switching this to "Off" fixed the issue. Now I have excellent-sounding LPs through my home stereo!

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I purchased this as a gift for my parents. They told me it was easy to use and set up. My personal note. My parents loaned it to me. I burned all there lp's on to disc. Simple set up in the computer. Some audio software to clean the sound up on the worn out records (eliminates the echo/poping and slurring). Sounds wounderful. My parents are very thankfull. If you are planning on burning your records on to CD format I recommend having some sort of audio software to clean up the sound and to but the breaks in. When you are ready to burn set your bit rate to at least 192kbps so you don't wreck the sound. The lower the number the worst it will sound.

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I just recently got back into listening to all my old albums. So when I went looking for a new turntable I wasn't sure what to buy. I must say that I am very satisfied with this turntable. Good quality construction, good price. And plays my albums like a charm. I forgot how enjoyable it was to sit around and listen to albums. Turntable is Excellent! I would recommend.

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I received this turntable last thursday and it has been seeing alot of action!<BR>I had about 100 lp's been sitting in my miller high life crate since like 83 so i decided it was time to get a turntable.<BR>I think it has very good sound quality i started to get the audio one that had the software and cables included but i chose this one because of the wow and flutter number it was lower than the audo techs.And from the old days a lower number means mo sound to noise like s/n ratio.<BR>i have been putting the lp's on computer and burning them to cd <BR>i bought the turntable from one of my favorite sales people Rhonda ext 4068(doesnt hurt to talk to a sweet talking woman does it )<BR>been dealing with crutchfield for almost 20 years a first class company!<BR>The only reason i gave it a 4 was it would have been great to be able to change the stylus to a different brand.<BR>enjoy!!!!!!!

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This player works great. I boguht it as a Christmas present for my parents and they loved it. The sound quality is amazing, and it just looks way cooler than a plain old cd player.

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I hadn't had a functional turntable for many years, but I still had a pile of LP's ranging from never-played to well-worn. I bought this Denon and also bought a patch cord to connect it to my PC. The built-in preamp in this turntable allowed me to play LP's directly into the sound card (using PolderBits recording and editing software), then burn to CD. Now I have all my old favorite LP's on CD. This turntable is pretty minimal, but works great and sounds fine. Like some other reviews say, it's not fancy or top of the line, but a good value. I would sure recommend it for someone wanting to dust off and enjoy those old LP's but not spend a lot of money doing so. And I've always thought you can't go wrong buying from Crutchfield.

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I purchased the Denon DP-29F because my wonderful Onkyo CP-1046F direct drive, fully automatic turntable (Great Specs) gave up the ghost after 22 years. <BR>I shopped locally for a turntable and only found cheaply built Sony and Audio-Technica models so devoid of quality that I passed them up, despite the low prices. <BR>Indeed, everything available with quality and specs similar to my Onkyo was $700 or more!<BR>Crutchfield is one of my favorite stores, so I looked online and found the Denon. Denon has a good reputation, so I thought I'd try it. <BR>Bad choice - This particular Denon has no user cueing feature, a non-steady belt drive (do you LIKE the singer to slur her words?), and a cartridge that is fixed permanently to the tonearm. <BR>You can't change the cartridge for a better one! This was particularly disappointing because the sound quality of the standard cartridge was very poor; I'd call it tinny! Not much midrange and little bass.<BR>I cannot recommend this cheaply built, poor quality turntable. <BR>I suggest having a quality turntable repaired (as I'm going to do), or spend a little more and get a better turntable, preferably direct drive with user cueing and a removable cartridge.<BR>I contacted Crutchfield and explained my disappointment, indicating I wanted to return the item. <BR>Crutchfield's response was "No problem! Happy to be of service :)"<BR>I bought the wrong turntable, but I bought it from the right place. Crutchfield customer service is second to none! <BR>

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My record collection is mostly from garage sales etc... so I was not looking to spend too much $$. <BR><BR>Pros:<BR>I was very impressed (and surprised) with the quality of the sound and it was easy to hook up using the built in preamp, which many turntables do not have. <BR><BR>Cons:<BR>You get what you pay for; the turntable is no frills.<BR><BR>Summary:<BR>If you are looking for a high end turntable this is not it, but if you want to dust off your old LP's and enjoy them again with out spending big $$ this turntable is a good choice.

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I buy old LPs (mostly on garage sales and library sales). The majority cost 25 cents a piece. I didn't want to invest few thousand buck in state of the art turntable to play 25 cent records. I was a bit sceptical about this one, but after about a year my opinion is very positive. It looks spartan, no faked "silver" plating, etc. but it PLAYS and does this very well. It has built-in preamp, therefore it is easy to connect to amplifiers that don't have "phono" input. Highly recommended if you want to get cheap, but reliable and well working piece of equipment.

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I bought this more on a whim than anything else. I didn't have any records but I Love music and by the time I recieved my order I had already bought some records from the local shop I wanted to hear. So when I hooked it up, which was very simple and self explanitory, I expected to hear a what, I thought in my head it would sound like, a scratchy, grainy sound that people like to put in movies but it sounded great. With this purchase I can hear music I have never heard, and ranging from a few dollars to as much as you want to spend. you can find old records for sale anywhere or buy new ones for about the same as a CD.

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