I bought it secondhand about 10 years ago, but it's almost 25 years old. It has a belt-driven system. The heavy platter provides good stability. The cartridge is a Shure M95ED and the stylus an SC35. Everything works fine and, after having recorded all my vinyls into my PC, I have rediscovered their audio quality. I don't know about modern turntables, but for people who don't want to play them like DJs, it's a very good turntable to get the best out of your 45 and 33 rpms.