AUDIO-TECHNICA

AT-LP8X Semi-Automatic Direct-Drive Turntable

Audio-Technica expands its line of direct-drive turntables with the semi-automatic AT-LP8X, featuring a newly designed tonearm lift that automatically raises the tonearm at the end of a record side and stops the motor.

Convenient Listening

The AT-LP8X’s tonearm lifts automatically at the end of a record and its motor automatically stops – rare features on a direct-drive turntable. This gives you the freedom to listen casually and not worry about when a record will end.

Refine Your Sound

The turntable’s AT-VM95E cartridge is compatible with any Audio-Technica VM95 Series replacement stylus, making it easy to experiment with different styli profiles upgrade to a higher-quality stylus to enjoy more refined sound or switch to an AT-VMN95SP stylus to play 78 RPM records.

Quiet Performance

The turntable’s robust MDF box plinth, adjustable feet, thick rubber-damped, anti-resonance, die-cast aluminium platter, and 2.5 mm rubber mat work together to temper unwanted noise and vibration so you can enjoy all the detail of your music.

Over 60 Years of Excellence

We got our start in Tokyo in 1962, designing and manufacturing high-performance phono cartridges. That half-century’s worth of analog expertise goes into every turntable we produce, ensuring you get the best listening experience from your vinyl.

Features

Semi-automatic direct-drive turntable with three speeds: 33-1/3, 45, 78 RPM
Motor features a speed-sensor system to maintain accurate platter rotation speed
Newly designed low-torque, direct-drive DC servo motor improves wow and flutter performance
25 mm rubber-damped, anti-resonance, die-cast aluminium platter with 2.5 mm rubber mat
J-shaped tonearm with adjustable VTA (vertical tracking angle)
Newly designed tonearm lift automatically raises the tonearm at the end of a record side and stops the motor
AT-VM95E BK (black) cartridge (0.3 x 0.7 mil elliptical stylus) is compatible with any VM95 Series replacement stylus, offering a wide choice of options for every budget and application
Newly designed lightweight AT-LT10 headshell
Included subcounterweight provides an expanded cartridge/headshell weight range of 14.0 g – 23.5 g
Newly designed internal switching power supply, optimised for audio performance
MDF (medium density fiberboard) cabinet construction
Phono-level output provides pure, direct transmission of the cartridge’s signal
Includes detachable RCA output cable (dual RCA male to dual RCA male with ground), 45 RPM adapter, and removable hinged dust cover
*A dedicated SP cartridge or the replacement AT-VMN95SP stylus is required to play 78 RPM records