Bought this unit second hand, it's got good looks (brown wood) and pretty good weight. It turns off automatically but the arm doesn't return (semi-semi-automatic?). It's got a Stanton 681 EEE cartridge (MM) and Micro Effective Mass Control System arm. The best feature has got to be that you can run a car into it and it won't budge! I can get my cd-player to skip if i bang against my desk but the turntable doesn't even notice! This is a pretty old unit and still plays beautifully, 5 stars from me (others would possible grade lower because of lack of features).