BEST Turntables to Buy ✅ Turntable Buying Guide! 💽 Pro-Ject, U-Turn, Rega, Technics, MoFi

Welcome to Audio Advice’s 2023 top picks for the best vinyl record players!

If you’re still deciding if jumping into the world of vinyl is for you, we can tell you that it’s an incredibly fun and addicting hobby shared by millions. In 2021, new vinyl sales set new records climbing over one billion, and used vinyl sold even more than that! In fact, the first half of 2022 was over 20% ahead of the record 2021 year. Joining the turntable and vinyl world may be one of the best decisions you make in 2023!

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0:00 Turntable Stats
1:21 U-Turn Orbit Plus
2:25 Pro-Ject T1
3:28 Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO
4:37 Rega Planar 2
5:24 Technics SL-1500C
6:17 Rega Planar 3
7:11 MoFi StudioDeck
8:24 Turntable Buyers Guide

[harrisonlainhart]

Pro-Ject Debut Carbon EVO is what I have and love it! Such an incredible turntable for the money and I'm excited to start upgrading parts on it soon.

[davidgena]

I own both the Fluance RT81 and RT85. They are terrific turntables at a reasonable price. They come highly recommended.

[Theoriginalramjammer]

Planar 2 all the way for Heritage, build and longevity. A British design classic that will last a lifetime ❤

[aussierob]

I started my Turntable journey in 1963 with a Duall 1009 rim drive table. Next in 1965 i upgraded to a Thorens DT 150 belt drive without tonearm. I bought an ADC Pritchard wood tonearm for the Thorens. Cartridge was a ADC 10E which tracked at 1 gram. Next was a Thorens TD 125 Electronic turntable belt drive without arm.The JH Formula 4 unipivot arm from Australia was released, which i connected to the TD 125 with the Shure V15 type 3 cartridge. In 1990 i bought one of the first Pro-Ject turntables the 6.1. 10 years later was the Project 6 Perpex magnetic suspension turntable. I changed the supplied arm with a Hadcock GH242 Uni-pivot tonearm from England. Latest cartridge is a Denon low output moving coil cartridge. Each change of turntable, arm, and cartridge resulted in palpable improvement from the record.

[martybrazill]

Really nice lineup. You get so much sound for the money with these tables.

[joseantoniotorresmartinez]

Thank you for such a great and informative video, last night i finally made a choice and bought the Pro Ject Debut Carbon Evo on satin blue from you.

[caddyoglu]

Great review as always. If you have to choose between planar 2 and debut carbon evo assuming they are at the same price. Which one would you with and if possible why? Thanks.

[bkkersey]

I have the Studiodeck, but plan to get the Ultradeck towards the end of the year.

[rhscnative]

I hope you do the Audio Advice Live event again next year. It was a blast. Thanks so much for putting that on.

[tiagoveras]

I'm a vinyl enthusiast and I live in Brazil. Here the information is very scarce. My intention is to listen to vinyl records and I currently have a Marantz PM8006 Amplifier, Elipson Prestige Facet 8B speakers and a Turnable AT-LP1240 with Ortofon 2m RED.

I want to change my capsule, I wanted to buy an ortofon 2m black. However, I was unsure whether I should also change my AT-LP1240 since it is more aimed at DJs (I didn't really understand this at the time I bought it).

My question is: Should I actually change the AT-LP1240? I thought about purchasing a Raga Planar 3 or Pro-ject RPM 3, or perhaps even a Pro-Ject 1Xpression. Is changing the record player really recommended? Should I really get another sound experience with better quality for my purpose?

I already know the capsule is terrible and should at least go to an Ortofon 2m Silver!
Thanks to anyone who can help!

[railroadsonparade]

Just bought an Empire 208 at a garage sale in Manhattan on 18th St. for $200 including vintage Pickering V15 cartridge. That's the best turntable to buy.

[mcgarnagle]

What about the Fluance RT85? You can get it with an Ortofon 2M Blue or a Nagaoka MP110 for $500.

[xalvarez]

New subscriber, because of your well detailed and organized material. Some of the best presentations I've seen and have left feeling confident in my decision making. Just wondering if audio technica is still a decent turntable. And which would fit into your price ranger sorter and rankings. Noob here so I'm just learning. But have known audio technica to be among the best so just curious why I didn't see any here

[TBNTX]

Hmmm, You missed the Fluance RT-85. I own one, and it's outstanding!

[myphotopick]

I like your content.. only thing I don’t like is your answering service. It’s impossible to get someone on the phone.

[Trojan]

Wanted full automatic so went old restored Technics 1600 Mk2.

[michaelstaruszkiewicz]

Perfect time for this Video, Onkyo Direct Drive is 33yrs old & my Dual Belt-Drive is 40 yrs old.😉

[henso]

This is not easy - You confused me between Rega 2 and 3 and the price difference I'll say "it is a lot" .. What about between the EVO and Rega2? which on you will recommend ?

[samuelhayden]

Why was the rega planar 3 stylus blurred?

[richarddemers]

Nice looking turntables out there but to me it is really the cartridges that make the difference. What a $2k turntable really differs sound wise from a $500 with the same cartridge?? I would like to see such comparison.