Equipment
Turntable : the phonograph in the 21st century
Phonographs or disc record turntables continue to be manufactured
and sold into the 21st century, although in much smaller numbers.
Conversely, the quality of the available record players, tonearms
and cartridges has steadily improved since the 1990's. Many
audiophiles prefer vinyl records played on record players to
digital music sources such as CD or SACD, for their perceived
better sound fidelity.
Updates to the 1970s era Technics SL-1200, have remained
an industry standard for DJs to the present day. Turntables
and vinyl records remain popular in mixing (mostly dance-oriented)
forms of electronic music, where they allow great latitude
for physical manipulation of the music by the DJ.
3345, the Vinyl Records Home.
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