📅 February 27, 2017

Miniot Reinvents the Wheel with this Minimalist Turntable [video]

The record finally gets the turntable it deserves. Wheel is a record player that’s just a wheel.

Novelty turntables seems to be all the rage lately. From smartphone-controlled turntables to floating turntable to vertical turntables.

So why not add another one to the list? A turntable that’s “just a wheel”…

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📅 February 2, 2017

The World’s First Intelligent Turntable

LOVE maintains the intimacy and quality of vinyl records but adds modern day smart features, while keeping the crackles & pops.

With over 650 records in my collection, I’m obviously intrigued by what the market has to offer in terms of turntables. One turntable that captured my attention lately is Love – the world’s first intelligent turntable.

At first glance, the turntable seems to be the result of a one night stand gone wrong between a Furutech deStat Antistatic Device and a Shard VZ boombox with record player. But it’s so much more.

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📅 October 21, 2016

Learn About the Basics of a Turntable With These Interactive 3D Animations

a fun, interactive introduction into the wonderful world of turntables

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There is magic in playing vinyl records, but there’s nothing magical about how a turntable works. Red Bull Music Academy has created an amazing 4-part interactive, animated graphic to show the inner workings of a record player.

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📅 October 13, 2016

This is the World’s First Levitating Turntable

MAG-LEV Audio is The First Levitating Turntable that brings the feeling of zero gravity into your living room.

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Here’s the MAG-LEV, the world’s first “levitating” turntable. A semi-automatic system that includes a pre-fitted cartridge and tonearm, cueing mechanism, 33.3 and 45 rpm, platter feet and built-in UPS.

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📅 June 18, 2013

Back To Vinyl: The Office Turntable [video]

Kontor, the world’s biggest dance music label wanted to promote the latest Boris Dlugosch track to the advertising industry. But the target audience notoriously ignore promo CDs, so Kontor used what all good DJs use to grab their audience… real vinyl.

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Kontor, the world’s biggest dance music label wanted to promote the latest Boris Dlugosch track to the advertising industry. But the target audience notoriously ignore promo CDs, so Kontor used what all good DJs use to grab their audience… real vinyl.  A vinyl record? How would anyone play that?

Jump over the break to find out…

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📅 March 5, 2013

Neil Young: Steve Jobs Listened To Vinyl At Home [video]

Steve Jobs, the “pioneer of digital music” who brought us the iPod, listened to vinyl records when he was at home because the quality of the sound is better than current digital formats can produce, rock ‘n’ roll legend Neil Young said Tuesday

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Steve Jobs, the “pioneer of digital music” who brought us the iPod, listened to vinyl records when he was at home because the quality of the sound is better than current digital formats can produce, rock ‘n’ roll legend Neil Young said Tuesday during a Q&A at the Dive Into Digital conference in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

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