Exotic Turntables & Cartridges
Written by Christos Skaloumbakas, founding member
(Updated on 03 January 2011)

Since there is a come back of analogue music reproduction, we are offering the following pages with modern (and "old") turntable designs. The following 4 webpages are full of pictures (click thumbnails to enlarge) and links to any available info are placed below some of the thumbnails. For manufacturers, reviews etc. on most analogue equipment, please click our info page. Additional pictures of Turntables, Tone Arms & Phono Cartridges can be found in the AM&ff Photo Album.

389 pictures of T/T designs and 74 phono cartridges are alphabetically presented in the following 4 pages, which are updated frequently! So, please check regularly...

pictureanalogue group description
T/T's from AAS Gabriel to Nottingham Analogue.
182 turntables pictures from:
AAS Gabriel/DaVinciAudio, Acoustic signature, Acoustic solid, AirTangent, Alphason, Amazon, Atmasphere-Empire, Ariston, Audiomeca, Audio Note, Aura, Avid, Basis, Benz, Blue Note, Bogdan Audio, Brinkmann, Clearaudio, Clearlight, Continuum Audio LabsDenon, Creek Audio, DPS, Dr. Feickert, EAT, ELP-laser, EMT, EnVogue, Eternita, Final Lab, Forsell, Funk Firm, Garrard, Girati, Goldmund, Hanss to Nottingham, Hanss Acoustics, Horo, Holphi, Horning, Immedia, Jbe, Kenwood, Klangstraum, Kuzma, Linn, Loth-X, Luxman, Lumley, Marantz, Mc Intosh, Meitner, Metronome, Michell, Micro, Midnight Express, Mondegiro, Morsiani, Musica Nova, Music Hall, Nordic Concept, Nottingham Analogue.
T/T's from Omicron to Yamamura
186 turntables pictures from:
Omicron, Onedof, Opera Audio, Optonica, Opus, Oracle, Origin Live, Oxford Acoustics, Phase linear, Pierre Riffaud, Pink Triangle, Pluto, Pro-ject, Quasar, Quintessence, RedPoint, Rega - Progressive Engineering, Rockport Technologies, Scheu, Silver Note, Simon Yorke to Transcriptor, Simon Yorke, SME, Sonik Sircle, Sota, Sound Engineering, Space acoustics, SPJ, Stratosphere, Symphonic Line, T+A, Technics, Telefunken, Teragaki, Teres, Thita Mi, Thorens, TL Acoustics, Townshend, Transcriptor, Transrotor, Trio (look Kenwood), TTWeights, Turntables.lt, TW Acustic, Ulysses, Verdier, Versa Dynamics, Vestax, Victor, Voyd, VPI, VYGER, Walker, Well Tempered, Wilson Benesch, Yamaha, Yamamura.
T/T's Custom & DIY
21 turntables pictures from analogue enthusiasts!
Carts from Audioquest to ZYX
72 cartridges pictures from:
Audioquest, Benz, BlueNote, Clearaudio, DaVinciAudio, Denon, Dynavector, Eminent, Kiseiki, Koetsu, Lyra, Mobile Fidelity, Miyabi, Ortofon, Phase Technology, Shelter, Shure, Sumico, Transfiguration, Van den Hul & ZYX.


Interesting Notes: There is a recent comparison of various Music transferred to vinyl and CD that both are available. This paper is a MUST!!! In order to preserve analogue sound, we invite pick-up manufacturers and enthusiasts to e-mail me any interesting pictures of analogue set-ups to include them in this page and to establish contacts with other vinyl lovers. Please, use the following form and do not forget to fill-in with a small description for each file:



You may also upload pictures in our Photo Albums, included in the AM&ff forum. We are including already, some interesting photographs sent by Predrag Savic & Dan Cornett (he has also sent us an interesting letter). In case you are interested in finding nice turntables (from cheap to expensive), just click savantaudio.com. If you are a DIY person and you want to have some ideas, visit this site about the Teres turntable DIY project.


Have you ever wondered how your favorite records are made? The following 3 videos below show you how...

From cutting a lacquer to the final stamping And also "HOW IT'S MADE".

The following videoclips show some... history (and not only): Edison phonograph, pocket phonograph, pocket phonograph 2, flatening the vinyl record, funny, Thorens + EMT + ..., very old LP changer, very old....