News Summary

• The turntables on this list understand that tension between convenience and ceremony.
• None of them are trying to replace a Spotify subscription, and none of them should.
• Vivia reimagines the CD listening experience as something tactile and intentional.
• Samsung’s concept entry takes the turntable form factor and fills it with a 13.4-inch circular OLED touchscreen, turning the platter into a display surface that shows images, videos, and ambient visuals while music plays.
• Concrete Stereo from 1984 was a brutalist sculpture that treated audio equipment as a statement.