Here is the new review.I never guessed I'd see the Sound Burger turntable resurrected. There was a Techmoan video review some time ago on YT.
A truly well-done and interesting review. "Mat" the Techmoan guy, is obviously not an obsessive vinylphile as can be seen by his failure to make even a cursory effort at dust removal to remove the white specs before he played the records in the video.
Also, for me, this was an introduction to an interesting YouTube "off the beaten path" technology channel. Thank you. (I will now probably enjoy several hours exploring Techmoan.)
There are generally not many rational points for vinyl in 2022 (I own over 1000 vinyl records myself) but I can imagine a desired marketing image of "cool" hipsters at an urban picnic, you know digital is so uncool, mainstream and full of steps duuuudePortability isn't the point of vinyl. We have of course super portable music playback systems in our pockets these days. Vinyl is the anti-portable music medium.
I often try to understand the motivations for what people purchase, but this one escapes me.
I can picture someone checking out records at stores or by other means of selling/buying Vinyl, like the big fleamarket out at the Ashby BART in Berkeley. I got a lot of good LPs there. So potentially a useful tool. I noticed they're sold out.This product has me completely befuddled.
It looks like something that...long ago when LPs were dominant...tried to allow someone to play records in a more portable way. So maybe it had some sort of function back then.
But...now? Portability isn't the point of vinyl. We have of course super portable music playback systems in our pockets these days. Vinyl is the anti-portable music medium.
I often try to understand the motivations for what people purchase, but this one escapes me.
The headphones are really beautiful, but the prices! Aiiiiii!Nice retro gadget but I rather have their other 60th Anniversary releases:
(Source: https://www.audio-technica.com/en-us/60th-anniversary)
although at those prices I would only consider the acrylic turntable.