They are excellent. They have pretty sophisticated engineering that has gone into them. I would say it would cost a lot of money to buy one of them today if they were still in production. The only downside is there are no replacement styluses, or cartridges for them. I guess Soundsmith does something but thats about it. if you were smart, you stocked up on them years ago so when a stylus wore out, you had a backup turntable. or turntables. lol Not sure you could do that now.