U-Turn Turntables Review

Vinyl albums are an item of pure beauty. From the album art, the shiny black disc, the liner notes, and the listening experience; vinyl records capture as much or more mojo and magic than the music was originally recorded with. The album is only half of the equation though... you need a turntable.

U-Turn Audio out of Woburn, MA is producing some remarkably beautiful turntables that function as amazing as they look.

The Orbit turntable made by the fine folks at U-Turn Audio is a fully customizable turntable that you can design to your specific music loving wants and needs. You can pick the color, platter style, cartridge type, and many more custom options making these turntables built exactly for you.

The pricing of these turntables starts at $179 and varies depending on the options you choose to add to the base model. In my experience, these turntables are some of the best bang for your buck record players out there.

A huge advantage of the U-Turn turntables is that they are ready to go right out of the box. The U-Turn team painstakingly sets up each turntable for maximum performance and consistency. They set the tone arm pressure, needle orientation, and every other tweak-able aspect of the record player so you can literally take it out of the box, plug it in, and have an incredible listening experience.

This turntable is a great first turntable for a newly converted vinyl connoisseur or even the experienced audiophile with a sensitive ear. Rest assured each turntable that comes out of the U-Turn shop is hand assembled and tested by a real human being... these folks are music lovers and they want you to have the best analog audio experience that you can.

Currently, there is an Orbit turntable in operation at Acoustic Life Studios as well as at my house... these are a treat to use and even more fun to listen to. If you have a pile of records that haven't
been played in a while I would certainly do your research on U-turn, they may very well have the right turntable to bring your records back to life.

[michaellawrence]

This was a very good review. You seem to be getting in on everything. I have seen these turntables before. But this gives me a better look at the company and the people behind the decks. Good video, certainly makes the company look more professional.

[RumbleFish]

Screw that, you got the better end of the deal, brother! You can always get a new or classic turntable, and it looks like you did, but many classic records are either hard or impossible to find! Yeah, let Nick have the turntable! Great video!

[gailirby]

Great review! Do you recommend getting the built-in preamp? I’m a newbie, got some of my Dad’s records, too.

[jamie.]

Its pronounced like ric flair . Haha
But this is cool, beats the shitty USB turntables

[leon]

I would not trust them assembling the pressure correctly, as it can easily change in shipping. Id recommend checking it yourself.
Same with allignment really.

[garyives]

mine's been great, and great customer the made in china motors are spotty. My original made clicking noises, and they shipped a new one with installation instructions no problem. However, unless you get the motor's wires completely isolated from the Plinth AND the motor AND the motors rubber mount you'll hear buzzing. My best solution was to remove both screws that may be used to secure the rubber mount ( found to not be needed) and isolate wires with small pieces of dense sponge (like Mr. Clean Magic Eraser), from contacting motor and plinth...….pretty darn satisfied now. Upgraded the Grado Black cartridge I chose with a Red stylus and it went from great to really freakin sweet.