You start by making sure the turntable is level, then spend most of your time working with the tonearm, the long tube that moves across the record and that holds the headshell, and cartridge and ...

Vinyl records haven been rendered commercially dead several times: first by the compact cassette, then the CD, and finally by the advent of digital downloads. This has caused many a lazy journalist to ...

If you’re new to vinyl or have never touched a turntable before, the prospect can be daunting. Even the best turntables can be tricky to wrap your head around. So Audio Technica’s latest release might ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

The Fluance RT81 is a high-quality, entry-level turntable that sounds great out of the box. You can upgrade its cartridge and pre-amp with higher-end components down ...

The Fluance RT81 turntable can play 45 and 33 RPM records and the speed change is automatic with no need to shift the rubber drive belt onto a second pulley. I can still remember the first turntable I ...

Audio-Technica launches AT-LP7X, a manual belt-drive turntable updating the 2019 AT-LP7 Features include 40mm MDF plinth, 20mm acrylic platter, J-shaped tonearm and AT-VM95E cartridge Priced at $999 ...

Record Round 35 features Sony’s first new turntables since 2019, an under-turntable speaker system from Victrola and MIXX Audio’s new turntable with built-in CD player.

The steady rise in sales of vinyl records over the past few years has also meant an increase in production of turntables to spin them on. There are plenty of budget models to get new enthusiasts ...

Fully manual belt drive with heavy plinth and acrylic platter Built-in phono preamp and wide cartridge compatibility £679 / €799 (about $920) Audio-Technica's 2019 AT-LP7 turntable is very highly ...