Good vinyl is meant to be played, not displayed. And you'll need a good turntable or record player to do that. By Tim Chan All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors.

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brad Moon covers audio gear, Apple products and consumer tech. Fosi Audio has been building a reputation for offering audio ...

Technics has taken the lid off a brand new turntable at IFA 2025. The new Technics SL-40CBT combines the Japanese brand's proprietary direct drive turntable design with a fresh contemporary design and ...

It joins a more affordable record player with integrated speakers When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Lenco has unveiled a trio of ...

A Netherlands-based family business took minimalism to the extreme in 2017 with a Kickstarter for the striking Wheel turntable. Now the third iteration has rolled out with a more refined look, direct ...

In the Amfissa Valley, an ancient footpath winds through thousand-year-old olive groves to the ancient ruins of Delphi — and a haunting cave shrouded in legend and folklore. According to Greek ...

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Everyone who’s ever talked to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other big-name chatbots recognizes how anodyne they can be. Because these conversational AIs’ creators stuff them with as much ...

The floating aesthetic is not just for show, Audio Technica says that "magnets in both the upper turntable and lower speaker section of Hotaru repel one another, causing the turntable section to float ...

Charles Sandison, Garden of Pythia (work in progress). Courtesy of the artist. PCAI artwork commission Observer caught up with Athanasios Polychronopoulos, the founder of PCAI and a passionate patron ...