The Walkman wasn't the first portable cassette player, but it was the one that made you want to leave the house.

Fully automatic, built to last, and half the price of a vintage Technics—but you'll miss the mechanical honesty of a table that makes you work for it.

The DP-2000 is the turntable nobody remembers but everyone should: Japanese precision without the Technics tax.

Luxman's 1982 PD121 doesn't announce itself—it just refuses to lie about what's on the record.

The TD-309 is what happens when Thorens stops chasing trends and just refines what it already knows.

The TD-125 MkII is the turntable that proves you don't need cult status or four figures to hear the music clearly.

The turntable that made direct drive respectable—and proved Technics could build something that cost real money.

Denon's 1976 direct-drive tank sounds like a Technics SL-1200 but costs half as much and weighs twice the regrets.

Bluetooth turntable for people who actually leave the house—and don't mind sacrificing a little soul for convenience.

Technics built a portable turntable for people who refused to choose between travel and sound.

The SME 30/12 is what happens when perfectionism meets a blank check and British stubbornness.

Luxman proved you don't need vintage wood paneling to build a turntable that sounds like money.

The DP-80 is the turntable that proves 1979 Japanese engineering doesn't need a four-figure price tag to sound honest.

The SL-1000 didn't invent direct drive—it perfected it before anyone else knew they wanted it.

The turntable that proved a DJ deck could outplay half the audiophile rigs in the listening room.

The SL-1000 isn't a turntable you buy. It's a turntable you finally admit you always wanted.

The SL-110 did everything right before anyone was paying attention.

The turntable that could have saved us from the Stanton era, if anyone had bothered to notice.

The MK2 never needed replacing — Technics replaced it anyway, and somehow got it right.

The turntable Luxman built for listeners, not DJs — and nobody noticed until it was too late.