There isn’t one best turntable, just the best one you can afford. All the really good machines are heavy, for various engineering reasons. Therefore, aim for something solid, well built, preferably costing over $1000AUD new if you want a good first turntable. Alternatively, you’ll get better performance in almost all cases from a second-hand classic […]

There is a long-standing myth that belt drive is a superior drive methodology for turntables. It isn’t. There’s a bit to know, of course, but the TLDR is that the drive method is only one of many factors determining turntable performance. Direct drive (DD) has many advantages, but DD is also more expensive to do

Ah, yes, the record store guy… With the greatest respect to record store guys, they usually know more about records than record players. This is merely an observation based on experience. Several of my customers are record store guys; one owns a large record store here in Perth. Nice people, good taste, interested in record

No, I dislike poorly built, overpriced, underperforming turntables, and most of those are belt drives. There are many amazing belt-drive turntables out there. One of my two reference turntables is a golden-age, end-game Luxman PD-350 (ie Micro Seiki) belt drive turntable. Yes, the other is a direct drive machine, but I wouldn’t own or still

Ultimately, moving coil, but it depends on how much you have to spend. If your limit is $150, a moving magnet is all you’ve got baby! That isn’t to say there aren’t some great moving magnet cartridges, especially vintage models. Rather, the best solution – technically – is the moving coil design, because of its

Yes, we keep thousands of parts in stock and have speedy access to many more. We don’t operate a retail shopfront though, so we don’t sell bare service parts for example. Instead, we supply and fit them as part of the services we offer.