The Turntables of 2009
2009 might not have been the greatest year in music, however it was a pretty good year for turntables. Especially, when it seems that the much talked about rumor of Technics shutting down has been quashed.
Here’s a recap of some of the most exciting turntable news in a year where turntables outsold CD players 5 to 1 (at least in Norway, they did..)
Back in January, Angelis Labor released the Gabriel turntable, with a nifty price range between $27.000 to $64.000 depending on customization. More details here.
That price tag makes it worthy of place on our list of the world’s most expensive and amazing turntables, where it joins the likes of Continuum Caliburn ($90.000 – $120.000) and Basic Work Art ($150.000) among others.
See the full list here.
So what do you do with your CD Player? Brionvega figured the best thing to do was to turn it into a turntable with some modern day perks like making the tracks selectable and to add a auto-recording feature with a terabyte of memory. More details here.
Then, again you could make a remote control for your old turntable yourself. The DIY-recipe is here
And here’s something most DJ’s should put on their Christmas wish list: ATTIGO TT, the touch screen turntable.
Final Product // ATTIGO TT from Scott Hobbs on Vimeo.
Portable turntable of the year must go to Linos designed by Charles Pyott. Probably partly inspired by the legendary Sound Burger, this thing looks awesome and fits in your pocket.
However, there are lots of other great portable turntables out there. We picked some of our favorites earlier this year:
See the full list here
One of the most good-looking turntables of 2009 came from Joe Scilley with his Audiowood turntable:
However, the AAS Gabriel/DaVinciAudio turntable, Ferrari red with 24 carat gold plated platter and knobs also looks pretty hot:
Things are getting weirder. We loved Yuri Suzuki’s vinyl focused exhibition “The Physical Value Of Sound”. Below, the Sound Chaser a train-styled record player.
Maybe the next big thing is Styrofoam turntables. The guys at Teenage Engineering designed a low-cost do-it-yourself Turntable kit made out of it. It looks good:
We have saved the best for last. The korean designer Rhea Jeong created the Void LP Player, which elevates the LP into thin air as it is playing!
Tags: Best of 2009, Turntables
