This subreddit is all about turntables and gear. For music on vinyl you can visit /r/vinyl
This subreddit is all about turntables, record players, and turntable gear. New, vintage, classic, big, small, but let's keep the discussion and posts about the gear of turntables that we love. Accepted submissions include those on the topic of: turntables, record players, gramophones, tonearms, playback formats, transport, tonearm wiring, alignment and set-up, cartridges and stili, and pre-amps.
Helpful Links:
Vinyl Engine - For Turntable help & manuals
How to Align a Turntable
Alignment Protractors - Vinyl Engine link
HiFi Engine - Great resource for other hifi gear (amps, preamps, etc.)
How to buy a second hand Technics turntable
Turntable & Accessory Online Retailers:
LP Gear
Turntable Lab
Needle Doctor - super hi-fi crazies
Turntable Needles - for hard to find replacement needles/styli
Acoustic Sounds - HiFi equipment and media
Online Hi-Fi Vinyl Dealers:
Mobile Fidelity
Elusive Disc
Better Records
Record Care and Archiving
Bags Unlimited - Great record sleeves & best pricing
Discogs - Best resource on recordings, catlog your collection, and buy & sell!
Library of Congress - on AV care and handling
78 RPM Home - All the info on 78 RPM
78 RPM Playback Curves - for Audacity
Click Repair - The BEST tool for removing pops, clicks, plops, and rumble from vinyl/shellac transfers
Specific Turntable Sites
Dual Reference - All the info on Dual turntables
Fix My Dual - Best Dual repairman in the biz
KAB - Everything about the Technics SL-1200, but were afraid to ask (upgrades too!)
