Gizmodo: record player

Certus Turntable Makes You Choose Between Listening to Records or Feeding Your Family

Elaine Chow — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:45:00 EDT

Got a lot of money to spend and a fetish for obsolete technology? The Certus Turntable by Teres Audio will play whatever records you still own for the hefty price of between $13,900 and $25,500. For the annual wage of a migrant farmer, you get a “magnetic damped multi-phase synchronous drive system to directly drive a massive, heavily damped brass and hardwood platter”—supposedly some kind of technology that makes music sound amazing. Right. Call me a plebeian, but I think I'll stick with some lossless audio format and my iPod, thanks. [Born Rich]

Basis Audio's $150,000 Turntable

blongo3 — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:00:59 EDT

What is it with uber-premium turntables? Is there really a demand for $50,000+ record players? Basis Audio certainly seems to think so; they make the "Work of Art" turntable. And at $150,000, the Work of Art is definitely one of the most expensive consumer audio devices out there. It boasts features such as Resonance Annihilation, which attempts to remove all vibrations from the record, thereby creating a more pure sound. I guess they wouldn't approve of the Fisher Price record player that I was using, although nothing sounds better than Baby Beluga coming off of that plastic disc. [BornRich]

Steampunk Turntable

Travis Hudson — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:40:25 EDT

This is the work of Christian Aldo of Canada. It was part of a vinyl record art show, and he created this very steampunk-esque record player. The funny thing is that he had no idea what steampunk even is. As you may know, we are quite obsessed with it around these parts, and this record player is a mighty fine piece of art, but I just wonder what it would look like if Aldo actually designed it to be a steampunk record player. –Travis Hudson

Steampunk turntable [Boing Boing]

Vinyl Killer: Honey, I Shrunk Diddy's Camper Van

www.gizmodo.com — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 08:05:13 EDT

This is for the folks out there who have ripped their music collection but can't bear to throw their vinyl out. Like me. Fit a battery in this Swarovski-studded VW Camper Van, place its needle on the record, watch it race round the grooves, and think, "Jeez, the sound quality on this is abysmal". Well, what do you expect? Two other reasons why I won't be buying it: It costs $487 and it only plays 33RPM. Looks like my Chicago House 12"s will carry on gathering dust. – Ad Dugdale

Product Page [Razy Works via Red Ferret]

Vestax Portable Turntable Lets You Spin 45s from the Road

Louis Ramirez — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 19:45:52 EST

I've always been a fan of vinyl, and while the thought of a portable record player sounds cool, something about this player tells me I shouldn't keep my expectations too high. But for $169, the belt-driven Handy Trax Portable Black Limited Edition lets you play your scratchy vinyl collection (33, 45, and 78 RPM vinyls) from anywhere on the road. It can even be powered by batteries and the built-in speaker means you don't have to worry about connecting it to any components. Tempting, but I'll stick with my Debut III for now. – Louis Ramirez

Portable Turntable Ideal for Auditioning Vinyl [via SlashGear]