![]() ![]() Second hand models often come with speakers included.įrom 1959, a combination of a 7” single-only portable record player and a FM radio. It also auto-senses the size of your record and the necessary speed to play it. It features a record player, 40W amplifier, radio, cassette player plus remote control. These decks are pretty rare but they do still pop up on eBay now and again.īasically, an old fashioned music centre but one that packs in superb design and drop dead gorgeous looks. Failing that, you could hook up a pair of powered speakers. A brilliant piece of equipment.Ī surprisingly capable machine, the PS-Q7 is a dinky, direct drive, machine that handles two speeds and features a headphone socket. Includes ports for two sets of headphones and connections for powered speakers. Why, on earth, did Audio Technica stop making them? Why hasn’t it reintroduced the design? Avoid the poorly made Crosley-built imitation, the twin speed, battery or mains-powered Audio Technica design ‘clamps’ your vinyl in its jaws and plays vinyl via a high quality cartridge. Like the Dansette designs, it can also tackle 78s, if required.Ī most impressive piece of technology. It also comes with a USB port (and software) to transfer analogue files to a computer. The whole thing runs on batteries with a reported life span of 65 hours. It’s now discontinued but can still be found on the Internet from places like Amazon.ĭon’t expect audiophile sound but this light and portable deck features a basic amplifier and mono speaker. It comes complete with a built-in amp and a mono speaker plus a carry handle and the facility to play 78s. One for those handy with a soldering iron because most of the samples I’ve seen required a bit of work to get to flying again.Īn obvious competitor to the Vestax, the PT01 is a battery-powered portable record player with a 12V adaptor and USB port. This battery-powered gadget runs both singles and LPs. Might take a bit of finding and I’d recommend the US variant of eBay to begin your search but it’s well worth the effort. You push the power icon and the arm is released to play then connect to a computer to listen. Included here really to show you just what the portable turntable is capable of doing, this USB-configured Yanko Design portable drops the full platter approach asking you, instead, to load the record onto the spindle. It just might be launched…but then again. Eight that you can still buy too… although most will require a visit to eBay and a little patience. To such an extent, we can offer you our Top 8 portable vinyl systems for your delectation. In fact, throughout the history of the vinyl disc, portable playback has been a subject that has continuously fascinated inventors, designers and manufacturers. For while vinyl playback, while on the move, is too much trouble too contemplate, creating a portable playback system (one that can be moved with relative ease from location to location) does have its adherents. The very idea of portable vinyl record play is, hence, an absurd one. ![]() Add the packaging and then bundle that together with, say, a dozen others, and you start thinking less about analogue reproduction and more about your back. In fact modern day vinyl editions actually brag that each disc weighs in at 180gm each. Hardly pocket-sized, is it? Not just that, it weighs a bit too. ![]() The turntable needle might be exerting tremendous forces upon the groove of a vinyl disc but, if that turntable is resting on a suspended floor of wooden planks, for example, one wrong step will risk a needle jump. With that in mind we’re going to be updating several of our tech guides over the coming months, starting with the most mobile of the lot. Not only are more new turntables being unveiled than in recent memory, but attitudes to vintage decks also have the potential to shift. Since it was originally published in August 2014, our guide to the 8 best portable turntables has been one of the most visited tech pieces on the site.īut two years in audio is a long time. ![]()
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