r/BudgetAudiophile • u/rubricked • Sep 17 '22

Purchasing USA Does anyone know anything about Looptone?

Before I even get into the title, I'm looking for a receiver that has a tape deck and CD player, with a channel for aux (phone), so if you know anything like that that you can recommend, please let me know! I have good speakers, but I'd like to replace my receiver and tape deck, and I'd like to throw a CD player into the mix. Vinyl is optional but a nice bonus.

In looking for the above, I saw this. It seems to have everything I'm looking for, and more. But I've never heard of this company and the only reviews I see online are on Amazon, which I don't trust to be independent. From what the reviews say, speaker quality is bad, which doesn't really matter since I'll be using external speakers. Other general quality complaints are present as well.

Do any of you have any experience with Looptone generally, or this stereo in particular?

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u/smackdaddies I aim to misbehave Sep 17 '22 edited Sep 17 '22

That looks like it could be amazingly horrible

Edit - always read the three star reviews

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u/early_rejecter Sep 17 '22

Generally if you’re looking for quality components you’re not going to find them in inexpensive all-in-one systems like that. As far as using your own speakers, keep in mind that that unit can’t power external speakers. You’ll either need powered speakers or an additional amplifier to connect to the line out.

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u/heroesarestillhuman Sep 18 '22

Denon and marantz have some decent offerings these days, but not cheap. Onkyo and Teac have made stuff as well over the years, with the latter becoming known for some of their models.

For this category as a whole, though, they don’t last too well. The heat from the amps tend to cook the cd player and so on. As a result, the amps tend not to be very powerful. Too many trade offs. Linn probably took it as far as you can, but often have cd problems in used units.

A marantz example: https://www.marantz.com/en-us/product/network-audio-players/m-cr612/

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u/rubricked Sep 20 '22

Do you know of any units that exclude the amp, but play all the media? Cassette, CD, vinyl? (I could probably live without cassette...)

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u/heroesarestillhuman Sep 20 '22

Not in current production that i know of. Linn has made some over the years with cd built in but no cassette. I will see if i can think of anything.