When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Turntables today are as varied in style, features and price as they were during vinyl's heyday in ...

Then I got a Technics SL-D2 to refurbish for an acquaintance: a consumer low-end direct drive turntable, now old enough to have a driver's license and insurance bonus points. After the usual cleaning ...

Yes, assembling the turntable onto the base is quite arduous, but because the SL-1200GR is a direct drive turntable, at least there are no lengths of rubber to fiddle about with. Counterbalancing ...

Nestled on a dedicated desk in my office are two Technics SL-1210 turntables (an Mk2 and Mk3, oddly enough). I love them, and they've been going strong for 20 years. But times progress ...