The speakers at the bottom cause the needle to skip if the bass is bumping too much.

Needle broke the first 20 minutes of use

But I worry about excessive wear on my vinyl with the cheap plastic needle used in the Crowsley—which apparently you can't replace with a better one

returned record skips because needle and set up are flimsy

I had one scary incident after initially transporting it home, where the needle apparently had some dust and/or was slightly bent or