turntable

Spotify tests new feature that lets friends control music together

The year is 2011 and you’ve just come home from school to the need of some new music discovery. Before the tailored algorithms of Spotify, many of us sought out new music suggestions in Turntable.fm, a social media website that allowed users to interactively share music. Now, Spotify may be putting their own twist on […]

Crosley to unleash tiny, three-inch record player for Record Store Day

Crosley Radio has come out with another trend-setting record player. However, this one is tiny. So that means it’s cuter. With that being said, you will soon be able to own your own three-inch turntable, you know, if you really want something like that. The special edition three-inch record player comes just in time for […]

This DIY cardboard record player is real—here’s how it works

[Photo credit: Spinbox] Vinyl records are having a moment once again, and in addition to playing your records vertically (or somehow in a levitating manner), you can now play them on a one-of-a-kind DIY turntable, made by Spinbox. (via NME) See how you can make it yourself below! Read more: Would you buy a levitating […]

Would you buy a levitating turntable? A Kickstarter campaign now exists so you can have one

Kickstarter has proven to be a pretty good way to raise funding for products we may not have thought we needed. And a brand new campaign that is catching many eyes is MAG-LEV audio’s “levitating” turntable; the first of its kind says the Vinyl Factory. The Slovenian based company hopes to raise $300,000 to make […]

Vinyl Starter Kit: Finding the right turntable and what it'll cost you

You’ve heard from all your friends (and several of your fave artists!) that vinyl is the thing right now, but where do you even start? In honor of Record Store Day, we’ve got a three-part series that will walk you through everything from terminology (Why do I even care if it’s “hand-numbered”?) to technology (So […]

This turntable plays your vinyl vertically

Thanks to an extremely successful Kickstarter campaign, Chicago-based startup company Gramovox has created a vertical turntable. The device is fairly self-explanatory in the fact that ii does precisely what you think: It plays your vinyl standing up, unlike conventional horizon-based players.  Read more: See a vinyl record at 1000x magnification As for the table’s overall functionality, […]

You can now play your vinyl on turntables made out of wood

A father-son team operating under the their company moniker, Silvan Audio Workshop, are creating turntables from natural hardwood, which are all shaped and finished by hand. They have launched a Kickstarter in an attempt to expand and create a more efficient workflow. You can watch an introduction video below. Read more: See a vinyl record at 1000x magnification […]