It has an excellent stylus and balance and weight controls, the headshell came perfectly aligned (don't need a protractor or scales)
Anyway the built in amp is a little quieter than the other inputs (c.d,sacd etc) so the volume is turned up pretty high, don't blow your speakers when you change input on your amp! I don't use the usb for dubbing records, I just listen to the sounds of days gone bye…I would buy again, for the price and features it is/was the best deal around. Tony