Editors’ Choice 2025 turntables show prices are up and cheap decks still disappoint. Choosing a long-term table now takes more thought—but pays off in music.

Vertere has begun shipping its new digital turntable motor drive, Tempo. Tempo's purpose is to control the record player's motor and provide a smoother drive with lower noise and lower distortion.

VPI is an American hi-fi manufacturer — based in New Jersey — that has been making high-quality audiophile turntables for more than four decades. However, its latest model, the Model One, is designed ...

For the latest generation of its iconic SL-1200 turntable, Technics engineers have tapped into the brand's digital amplifiers to develop a "revolutionary" new control method aimed at improving analog ...

Nestled on a dedicated desk in my office are two Technics SL-1210 turntables (an Mk2 and Mk3, oddly enough). I love them, and they've been going strong for 20 years. But times progress, as does ...

What’s old is new again, particularly when it comes to music. In 2020, vinyl record sales surpassed CD sales for the first time since the 1980s, totaling $232 million of revenue in the U.S. — and 62 ...

The Technics SL-1200 is a turntable icon. First released in 1972, the direct-drive turntable was a huge hit among DJs and audiophiles for its accurate and instantaneous spinning, robust build quality ...

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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 ...

First attempts aren’t always notable for their quality – Jennifer Aniston’s major breakthrough role was in Leprechaun, while Blur’s Damon Albarn later called his band’s debut album, Leisure, 'awful'.