U-Turn Orbit Special Turntable Review

The combination of quality parts and materials, unique designs, smart manufacturing choices, and an overall commitment to excellence make the U-Turn Orbit Special a great buy for anyone looking for a turntable around $500. It’s fun to listen and looks beautiful, no matter which wood finish you choose.

[djchancla]

I ordered my Orbit Special. and the main reason I did so was because it's Made in America!

[careylymanjones]

I have an Orbit Custom that's basically a Special with an Ortofon 2M Blue cartridge and I love it!

[DARTH-REFLUX]

WOW. Very interesting to learn about U-Turn's tactics as far as how they save money on high quality parts, which in turn saves me money. Great company, great design!

[nhojcam]

concerned about the tilt of the drive wheel under tension. what? isn't this just going to break at some point?

[isaacbell]

Just bought a 1970s near mint regs planar 2 with original rb 200 tonearm.came with low use ortofon red & sounds absolutely fantastic.
All for the price of £245 Sterling.no contest!

[afshars]

Regarding the inverted bearing for the platter described in the video... is this component any different from what's included with U-Turn's cheaper turntables? What about the tonearm or the motor?

None of these are advertised on U-Turn's website as being unique to the Orbit Special, but are described in great detail in this review of the Special.

[klausious]

Do i need to ground this turn table (no preamp) if im connecting it to a speaker with built-in preamp inside the speaker?

[jroberthadden]

Do any of the Orbit turntables come with auto shut off or, at least, auto tonearm raise at the end of the album?

[JohnDoe-npzk]

Do the belts still fall off routinely and the motor

[jorgeluisfernandez]

Can I connect these turntable to an amp phono?

[arcturusbbqsausagemaking]

I love this turn table but there's one reason I wont buy it, it doesn't come with the quick Connect head shell to quickly change out your cartridge If they did have that I would order one right now

[TDdd]

I have two Items I don't understand. Why didn't they have the indent ground near the center of the acrylic platter to allow records to lie on the acrylic? Why add anti-skate for only one down force? Do they believe a high end cart will never be used? At the price they are charging, there are competitive turntables that have better features, and yet the turntables are very popular.

[georgedoughly]

I’d rather have the Fluance RT85 Turntable than this U Turn.

[ClayMationNation]

For this Money Fluance RT85 looks better and seems more precise on speed.

[milonjano]

A very good oil for this type of bearing is 'nose oil'. Sounds strange but, I calibrate high sensitivity scales and the oil we use for the weight table is nose oil, just rub the ball on your nose and it is good to go.

[antoniogonzales]

I could believe what I heard. They buy the least expensive motors because 90 per cent of them work okay.

[jamesveach]

$500 for $150 turntable I think I'm being generous at that most expensive thing on that turntable is the cartridge

[antoniogonzales]

Looks nice but that is all it's going.
Way over priced, everything is extra.

[shanekneeshaw]

That nasty power switch puts me off this product 🤢🤢

[mikaveekoo]

These reasonably well made and still inexpensive turntables are mystery to me. How much profit can they make? Very little I think or nothing. They are just causing lot of harm to serious turntable manifacturers.