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Gold Note T-5 Turntable – Quick Look All Image Credit: Gold Note Gold Note’s all new T-5 belt drive turntable is available in an elegant black lacquer finish, topped out with their B-5.2 tone arm and includes a removable dust cover in transparent acrylic and adjustable feet. This compact turntable […]

Gold Note T-5 Turntable – Quick Look

December 29, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Gold Note / T5 / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

MoFi Releases MasterDeck All Image Credit MoFi Electronics MoFi Electronics has announced the availability of their latest, made in the USA, ‘reference grade’ turntable, the MasterDeck. This latest flagship belt drive turntable was designed by veteran turntable master Allen Perkins, formerly of Spiral Groove, and will reportedly be made in […]

MoFi Releases MasterDeck

November 28, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / MasterDeck / MoFi Electronics / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Rekkord F100 Automatic Turntable – Quick Look All Image Credit: Rekkord Although Rekkord might not be a household name in the US, their German-made turntables have been a standard of excellence for nearly half a century. VANA Ltd has been appointed the North American distributor of this very cost effective […]

Rekkord F100 Automatic Turntable – Quick Look

November 15, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Automatic Turntable / Belt Drive / F100 / F100P / Rekkord / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Transparent Turntable Launched – First Look All Image Credit: Transparent Swedish brand Transparent, known for its stylish see-through speakers, has just launched its first matching and very stylish see-through turntable. Its minimalist design features their transparent and stylish solution that comes with a cartridge, phono stage and Bluetooth. All making […]

Transparent Turntable Launched – First Look

November 2, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Transpa.rent / Transparent / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Cyrus New TTP Turntable – Preview All Image Credit: Cyrus UK based high end audio company Cyrus has been around for about forty years and has just introduced their first turntable, the Cyrus TTP. This latest addition to their vinyl offerings will compliment their existing Cyrus Phono Signature/PSX-R2 phono preamp […]

Cyrus New TTP Turntable – Preview

October 9, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Cyrus / TTP / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Musical Fidelity M8xTT Turntable – Quick Look All Image Credit: Musical Fidelity Musical Fidelities’ latest turntable, the M8xTT, started its legacy back in the early 2000’s with the introduction of the M1 turntable. This latest belt drive model features a bespoke 10 inch arm and a multi-layered plinth. The M8xTT […]

Musical Fidelity M8xTT Turntable – Quick Look

September 26, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / M8xTT / Musical Fidelity / Transparent / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Rega Naia Reference Turntable – Preview All Image Credit: Rega Rega has just released its latest reference turntable, the Naia. It is said to combine all the key learnings, developments and technologies from their flagship conceptual £30,000 Naiad turntable into this new, more affordable, reference-level model. It has been created […]

Rega Naia Reference Turntable – Preview

September 23, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Naia / Rega / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Origin Live Adds Swift Mk5 Turntable – First Look All Image Credit: Origin Live On or about May 1st 2023, Origin Live of Southampton, UK, announced a new addition to their turntable range, the Swift Mk5. It includes several features from their flagship Voyager turntable and fills the price point […]

Origin Live Adds Swift Mk5 Turntable – First Look

June 3, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Origin Live / Swift / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Rega Planar 3 50th Anniversary Edition – Preview All Image Credit: Rega Rega is celebrating their 50th Anniversary with a special edition of the legendary Rega Planar 3. Presented in the popular walnut effect finish, this turntable package comes with; a 12mm float glass Opti-white platter, a hand tuned Neo […]

Rega Planar 3 50th Anniversary Edition – Preview

May 11, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged 50th Anniversary / Belt Drive / Planar 3 / RB330 / Rega / Rega Exact / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Luxman PD-191A Turntable – First Look All Image Credit: Luxman Luxman has just launched their latest flagship belt drive PD-191A turntable that is to be displayed at AXPONA 23 next week. The PD-191A is a complete redesign of the ten year old PD-171. This revised design incorporates; a new belt […]

Luxman PD-191A Turntable – First Look

April 8, 2023 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Belt Drive / Luxman / PD-191A / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Dual CS 429 – Automatic Turntable With Phono Preamp – Quicklook All Image Credit: Dual Dual started manufacturing gramophone components in Germany in 1907, introducing their signature “dual-motor” for powering record players in 1927. The design was so popular that the company took the name “Dual”. They are still based […]

Dual CS 429 – Automatic Turntable With Phono Preamp – Quicklook

August 25, 2022 in Audio / Equipment / News tagged Automatic / Belt Drive / CS 429 / Dual / Phono Pre-Amp / Turntable by fromvinyltoplastic

Turntable Motor Noise and Vibration In my earlier post on turntable designs we took a look at the different drive techniques used to spin the platter. Lets take a slightly more detailed look at the effects of the motor design that is used to drive the more popular belt drive […]

Turntable Motor Noise and Vibration

April 11, 2020 in Technical Posts tagged AC Synchronous Motor / Belt Drive / DC Motor / Motor Noise / Servo Control / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic

Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques — Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques Over the years there have been several motor coupling techniques used to rotate the turntable platter. This is a brief overview of each method along with their advantages and disadvantages. There are three basic types of motor drive, the second two of which have various methods […]

Vinyl Turntable Drive Techniques

November 2, 2019 in Audio tagged Belt Drive / Direct Drive / Idler Drive / Rim Drive / Turntables by fromvinyltoplastic