Needles & Grooves

Why not just keep the power cord out of the original and return one?

@Yer Ol' Uncle D I thought of that but I didn't want to send back the original return without a power cord, just in case Amazon does care and checks for all accessories and that could add the risk of not getting my refund. I hadn't noted that the first return was missing anything, just that the tonearm wouldn't track.

good Lord

So the lesson here is don’t buy a sound burger. Cool. Thanks for the psa.

I dunno, I've had a great experience with mine. I bought it direct from Audio Technica, though.

@swamp I know it's not ideal, but it is just a USB-C cable. You could probably use one you have around the house (provided you have one around the house).

Field destroy?

Overall, I dig the player a lot. It allows me to play records when I normally wouldn’t be able to while working in my home office. Hopefully, I can get one that doesn’t have a stylus diamond that falls off if I slightly mishandle the manual tonearm.

It's a stock AT3600L stylus so at least it's cheap and replaceable.