Exotic Turntables & Cartridges

It seems there is a major come back of analogue music reproduction, so I am oferring the following pages with modern (and "old") turntable designs. The following 8 pages are full of pictures (click thumbnails to enlarge) and links to any available info are placed below some of the thumbnails. For manufacturers, reviews etc. on most analogue equipment, please click our audio links.

More than 362 pictures of T/T designs and 60 phono cartidges are alphabetically presented in the following 8 pages, which are updated frequently! So, please check regularly...

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Updated on 31 May 09T/T's from AAS Gabriel to Brinkmann
56 turntables pictures from:
AAS Gabriel/DaVinciAudio, Acoustic signature, Acoustic solid, AirTangent, Alphason, Amazon, Atmasphere-Empire, Ariston, Audiomeca, Audio Note, Aura, Avid, Basis, Benz, Blue Note, Bogdan Audio & Brinkmann.
Updated on 31 May 09T/T's from Clearaudio to Goldmund
57 turntables pictures from:
Clearaudio, Clearlight, Continuum Audio LabsDenon, Creek Audio, DPS, Dr. Feickert, EAT, ELP-laser, EMT, Eternita, Final Lab, Forsell, Funk Firm, Garrard, Girati & Goldmund.
Updated on 17 Jan 10T/T's from Hanss to Nottingham
62 turntables pictures from:
Hanss Acoustics, Horo, Holphi, Horning, Immedia, Jbe, Kenwood, Klangstraum, Kuzma, Linn, Loth-X, Luxman, Lumley, Marantz, Mc Intosh, Meitner, Metronome, Michell, Micro, Midnight Express, Mondegiro, Morsiani, Musica Nova, Music Hall, Nordic Concept & Nottingham Analogue.
Updated on 08 Mar 09T/T's from Omicron to Silver Note
54 turntables pictures from:
Omicron, Opera Audio, Optonica, Opus, Oracle, Origin Live, Oxford Acoustics, Phase linear, Pink Triangle, Pluto, Pro-ject, Quasar, Quintessence, RedPoint, Rega - Progressive Engineering, Rockport Technologies, Scheu & Silver Note.
Updated on 31 May 09T/T's from Simon Yorke to Transcriptor
57 turntables pictures from:
Simon Yorke, SME, Sonik Sircle, Sota, Sound Engineering, Space acoustics, SPJ, Stratosphere, Symphonic Line, T+A, Technics, Telefunken, Teragaki, Teres, Thita Mi, Thorens, TL Acoustics, Townshend & Transcriptor.
Updated on 08 Mar 09T/T's from Transrotor to Yamamura
59 turntables pictures from:
Transrotor, Trio (look Kenwood), TW Acustic, Ulysses, Verdier, Versa Dynamics, Vestax, Voyd, VPI, VYGER, Walker, Well Tempered, Yamaha & Yamamura.
entered on 18 May 07T/T's Custom & DIY
17 turntables pictures from analogue enthusiasts!
Entered on 06 Jun 09Carts from Audioquest to ZYX
60 cartridges pictures from:
Audioquest, Benz, BlueNote, Clearaudio, DaVinciAudio, Denon, Dynavector, Eminent, Kiseiki, Koetsu, Lyra, Mobile Fidelity, Miyabi, Ortofon, Phase Technology, Shelter, Shure, Sumico, Transfiguration, Van den Hul & ZYX.


Interesting Notes: There is a recent comparison of various Music transferred to vinyl and CD that both are available. This paper is a MUST!!! In order to preserve analogue sound, I invite pick-up manufacturers and enthusiasts to e-mail me any interesting pictures of analogue set-ups to include them in this page and to establish contacts with other vinyl lovers. Please, use the following form and do not forget to fill-in with a small description for each file:



In case you are interested in finding nice turntables (from cheap to expensive), just click savantaudio.com.
If you are a DIY person and you want to have some ideas, visit this site about the Teres turntable DIY project.
Have you ever wondered how your favorite records are made? The two embedded videos below show you how... From cutting a lacquer to the final stamping:

Part I
Part II


Embedded videoclips below show some... history (and not only):

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flatening the vinyl record

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Thorens + EMT + ...

very old LP changer

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