While the Crosley “Portable Turntable” is cutely designed, it’s a terrible thing for vinyl records. The cheap needle and headshell included with the unit isn’t standard or easily replaceable/upgradable. The counterweight isn’t adjustible, which means that records can skip and/or wear rapidly. On top of that, several reviews mention that records played on the unit actually rub on the lid (which you can see in the picture here) since it was so poorly designed. If you want to listen to records (or rip them to mp3 to make them actually portable) you need the Audio-Technica AT-LP120.