Part 4 – Turntable placement and related issues Turntable placement and related issues Turntables are actually easy devices to understand as far as their functioning is concerned. The groove of the record and its shape over its entire length cause the stylus that is...

Part 3 – Phono pre amplification Phono PreamplificationBy now everybody understands the route that the signal needs to travel from the groove and its origin right through to the loudspeakers to eventually hear sound and react to it. However, the process of getting...

Part 2 – Retro turntables and the custom market Retro turntables and the custom marketTurntables are very often seen as totally archaic playback devices. Although we have seen some brilliant and wonderfully advanced technological creations in the past few years, there...

Part 1 – optimising your turntable Optimizing your turntableTracking force:Vinyl records produce sound when the stylus tip touches the groove walls and the platter rotates. Obviously the sound will be better when the stylus remains in contact with the groove walls at...