The AT-LP60XBT turntable, AT-SP3X powered speakers and AT6011a record brush now come together in one box, ready to play in minutes.
Audio-Technica has packed one of its most popular entry-level turntables, a pair of its powered bookshelf speakers and a record brush into a single box. The result is a complete starter vinyl system that needs nothing else to get going. The HiFi Pack pairs the AT-LP60XBT turntable with the AT-SP3X speakers and the AT6011a anti-static brush, and it’s available now in Australia for an RRP of $745.
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The AT-LP60XBT has long been a go-to first deck for people getting into records, largely because it takes the fiddliness out of playing them. It’s fully automatic, so a single button press lowers the tonearm onto the record and lifts it back to its rest at the end of the side, while the belt drive keeps motor noise from creeping into the quieter passages. It also has a phono preamp built in, which lets it plug straight into powered speakers without a separate phono stage in between.
The AT-SP3X speakers can take the turntable’s signal over a cable or via Bluetooth, so the pair can go wherever suits the room rather than wherever the leads reach. Each cabinet houses a 3″ woofer and a 1.1″ tweeter, with built-in DSP tuning the two to get a fuller, more balanced sound than the compact boxes would suggest. The speakers also support Bluetooth multipoint, so a phone or laptop can stay paired for streaming once the record has finished.
Rounding out the bundle is the AT6011a anti-static brush, which clears dust from the grooves before playback and helps bleed away static charge. That keeps records quieter and spares the stylus from ploughing through grime, and it’s the kind of accessory first-time buyers rarely think to pick up until they hear the crackle.
Hideo Matsushita founded Audio-Technica in Japan in 1962 on the idea that good audio should be within reach of anyone, and the company built its name on phono cartridges and tonearms before branching into microphones, headphones and the rest of its range. The HiFi Pack follows that thinking closely, giving anyone who has been eyeing off a turntable, but couldn’t face piecing together a system, a single box that covers the lot.
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