Sodering of wires and stuffing it into the tonearm base made my eyes bleed.

Straightening by eye, stuffing the cables, wobbly motor and/or spindle. Oh gawd, what did I just watch. Still, simple and kinda elegant TT.

I do love it when a old technology stays around because of a feature that makes it better working.

that's how you turn a $5 DC motor to a $3K turntable,gotta love those "audiophile" folks lols.

One of the best inventions of all time now revealled. Thanks for posting it!

Aligning the headshell with the arm base by eye when a simple jig could be made to do this accurately and faster is not acceptable.

Still love my Technics 1200mk5's.. Glad i bought them on sale and brand new before they went on the "Discontinued List" i love turntables & especially old & new, dj or non dj..

Very nice KZfaq video. Thank you for the great quality video Morrison. It's 2015, with all the technology out there today.. the *_record_* and it's player still amazes me. It's such a cool invention.

@4:29 we can clearly see that the motor pulley ins't turning straight, probably because the hole for the motor shaft wasn't drilled straight in it. Moreover,@4:55 we can also see that the plastic platter is moving up and down slightly, because of misalignment. And whats' that, expensive carbon fiber tone arm aligned approximately by eye ?? You've got to be kidding me ? I certainly wouldn't buy a $4500US Wilson Benesch crappy plastic turntable.

Thank goodness Technics turntables are back this year. You can't beat a nice Direct-Drive turntable.

soldering looks a mess.

that turn table looks so cool

That is a work of art!

This is a joke, right? First you fracture soldered joints, melt the shrink wrap tubing with the soldering iron over said fractured joints, eyeball the alignment, and then try to charge 4400.00US for this POS?! I can't believe the company allowed this video to be released to the public. I can honestly say I will NEVER purchase this or any other product from this company knowing this is how they do things.

A wonderful video presentation! Thumbs up. I aim to make a DIY turntable belt drive; have almost all the parts, and materials. However, a linear tracking tonearm turntable should be considered, even though there is the problem of friction.

+1 Also, the soldering technician should be using a heat gun to shrink the heatshrink tubing, and not the tip of the soldering iron (see 3:30).

ThorensTD124 mk2, Ortofon RS212 arm and Ortofon SL15E here, was quality in 1970 when my uncle bought it, still is quality today.

...also, I've discovered that all of the 78 records that I acquired, and wondered if I'd ever be able to overcome the shortcomings of this recording medium, I did overcome. There is a fine line that we as listeners can navigate. Actually, we as humans can navigate, but I won't get into it, all I can say is that after about 50 listens of all of the incredible late 1920's to mid 1930's music electronically recorded 78 records that I own, I began to just tune out the scratches, music is THAT good!

Yeah that's what I was hoping too. Technics 1200 are mostly hand built too from what I heard.

mmm postmodern hipster fashion accessory that'll look nice sat on a wooden stand and never be used. Belt-drive too, you can almost smell the quality ;-)

@morrisonav : Do you really test your motors in "a test spin". Do you not have any bench at all to mesure vibrations ?

thank you, ive never been a legend in my life before :D

depends on what type of electrical contacting you are doing. You have to solder sensors and LEDs and motors to get the best performance and the electrician is the one in charge of making sure all the electrical components work as intended

Forget vinyl for the moment. MP3 does not remove noise; it compresses the original PCM data file, by removing recorded signals that are masked by louder signals at the same or similar frequency. Noises (as opposed to music content) generated in the recording process will still be reproduced because they cannot be masked, by definition. That's why they are noises. Which is why saying MP3 'removes noise' is so fundamentally wrong, it throws everything else you have to say into serious doubt.

I own this TT with the carbon 2.0 arm and an AT33PGT MK2 cartridge. It is a little harder to set up than something like a Rega but once done so property the sound quality is excellent. It won't be a TT for everyone and at this price it will divide opinion regarding value for money. I was fortunate to purchase pre owned. I can say that it is very well engineered and solid in construction. Exceptionally balanced and detailed sound. To pass judgement one would have to examine it in person and listen to its comparative performance in the context of your own system. There are plenty of brilliant turntables to choose from at this price point. I couldn't comment them because I haven't owned them. However the 2.0 arm is something of a classic. Love or hate it, it will always be a great TT in terms of sound and a talking point because of the cake like design. Nothing wrong with a Technics, Roksan, Linn, Gyrodeck etc all personal choice. But mine was this, from a UK company with a great reputation. I don't work for them by the way but just like what I hear.

Actually, A pro turntable like a Technics 1200 Mk2 should make an interesting "how it's made" vid. Those ones are made very differently than 21'st century audiophile turntables like the one shown in this vid. Direct Drive motor, aluminum platter, the series of strobe dots, the chassis, damper feet, Pitch control... All of this is very interesting... And Unique to the 1200's....

these are some sleek looking audiophile turntables

Why the hell is he heating the heatshrink with a soldering iron. That's electronics 101 no nos.

look at the manufacturing and assembly process... no balancing of the platter. using eyes to level the tone arm How much is this turntable ?

I'll stick with my Technics tables.

@perpetualjon The sound wires are not exposed, they are all coated.

Splendid.

I have a Stanton Str8150 and they are perfection

Interesting. Maybe they think that the noise is conducted by the vinyl material to the shell? What you think about this?

"It's time for the VINYL test." OH MY GOD THESE PUNS.

No, what you mean is the vinyl record has limitations. Analogue is merely a form of information storage, and ultimately has no upper limit to information density. Digital has a finite predisposed limit...you stand corrected.

That is really nice work.. but i perfer a 1970s sears.. that was used when i got it.. like flipped a double sided needle..

But there are soo many more things to test out such as speed, how do you make sure that the speed is correct,how are those wires wired to the needle. And so on. Still incredible to see this video.

How long does it take?

Perfeito, muito bom. Rio RJ Brasil

By the way, what is the brand name, and how much is this wonderful, super hi fi turntable, anyway?

the way HOW IT'S MADE is meant to be watched, in HD :D Saying this with a big smile on my face.......

I've never seen a tonearm quite like that one. I guess my Rega just uses two post bearings with shaft that don't require glue.

What rotations per minute gives the electric motor? This is how much the bpm remains standard..hard to explain myself..

In many ways this is an elegant work :) I do not like the beltdrive, even though it kills the eventuality of rumble noise from the motor. This is because I know you can get an direktdriven turntable without rumble noise :)

but can you scrach on it ?

No. Lossy compression systems like MP3 attempt to play the music 'as it sounds' instead of 'as it is'. They rely on our difficulty hearing quieter sounds in the presence of a louder sound at the same (or similar) frequency. There is a cut-off as a by-product of the compression process, which increases in line with the amount of compression used. But I think you are confusing this with the Nyquist-Shannon brickwall in digital sampling (16bit, 44.1kHz PCM files have a strict 22kHz limit).

I was brought here when I read my USB turntable's manual and it said "Us of controls, adjustments, or performance of procedures other than those specified may result in hazardous radiation exposure". I was hoping How it's Made would explain why turntables are nuclear powered. Seriously, type "turntable"hazardous radiation exposure" " into Google and you'll find this is a common thing with USB turntables. I'm thinking it must have something to do with the aluminum alloy but cannot find information on what's making them radioactive or why it's there. Not as concerned as I am curious. Anyone have any idea why there's a risk of radiation exposure?

Would love to see your "facts" on that statement. I have records from 10 years ago that sound identical to when I bought them and I have played them a lot more than 30 times.

fantastic device

Would anyone care to explain what was wrong with the soldering? I am genuinely curious to know. Thanks!

how many rotations it have?

Whats the RCA block?

what about the anti skate?

Damn I was hoping this was a technics 1200 turntable being made...

How would I listen to the obsolete LPs I got?

That's funny. You see the Wilson Benesch Turntable that preceded the Circle actually sells for more than it was sold for new when it was first released more than 20 years ago!

So where are the Crosley made?

Kids today love DJing and they want vinyl decks to do it on so the turntable lives!

Beautiful!

All cold solder connections - I can hear the crackling from here

That is not noise. It's more like firing half the choir, because their voices are masked by louder voices singing the same parts. 'beyond the auditory resolution' does not mean noise reduction, or even necessarily truncated frequencies above 20kHz. It means one sound being masked by another at the same (or similar) frequency.

What brand TT is this? I have never seen one like it. Btw, all u analog haters never heard a blue note. Jus sayin.

wouldn't the wires at 3:38 short?

I need that turntable in my life. Where can I get it and how much does it cost?

Direct drive reached great sophistication in the late 70's into the 80's. Problems with wow and flutter, cogging noise, and vibration in general reached lows commensurate with excellent belt drive models. The instantaneous torque provided by these evolved direct drive models always trumped the belt drive units simply due to the nature of the direct transmission of power (i.e. motion). But, as refined as the best direct drives became the best belt drives had lower rumble and as such are king.

OMG! using eye power to align the tonearm and a RS component motor with its mounting "ear" cut.

thats the circuit board that has the armtube wires and rca cable to amp. or female rca jacks. and grounding wire.

sure... those are mainly for audiophiles...

I do love a good machine lathe video!

True and true. That's why I have an old collection that's purely analog. Buying records that have been recorded digitally and then pressed from a digital source defeats the point. Look up studio reel to reel - BEST QUALITY AUDIO comes from reel to reel. Also, if the record is clean and in good condition, you won't hear even a fraction of static.

very nice turntables, the tonearm is damn simple and yet so effective though I don't like using unipivots, they do sound good.

Hello. Help please. Who can write the text word for word everything that they say in this video?)))

This is a masterpiece, but why not make with direct drive instead of belt?

Just amazing. Turntables FTW!

Have you seen the wobble on the motor pulley (smooth running?) I thought that the wobble on my VPI was not so good, Ha ha. Not comparable to any Thorens I ever owned and that were at least 8!

Maybe it's easier to understand why a person with very refined hearing and a special sense for the finer textures of music would prefer certain mediums over others if you examine the reel to reel tape. Quality tape recording retains every nuance in the music just as a compact disc ( recorded well that is), but it has a definite character which is not part of the music that was actually recorded onto the tape. This experienced listener grew to accept and adore these characteristics as qualities!

@conoba I use my soldering iron (provided its very clean) on heatshrink, better than a flame, or having to buy a heat gun! geez dont be so harsh.

I should have mentioned that FRC is a robotics competition. We use all DC so we use solder. and electrician may not be the official term, but it is frequently used at our shop so i don't really care

Yes, the equipment's converter bandwidth matters hugely which is part of why I'm trying to say even with digital you need at least midrange gear for decent output and reproduction. But, I'd argue that the analogue part of the reproduction stage and the quality of it's electronics matter even more as by your argument we're back to pure-analogue problems like wow, pop, click, hiss, distortion, etc. Digital also has distortion, it's just at-headroom truncation instead.

At least the counterweight is protected against jet fuel.

There seems to be confusion in some viewers of the potential in Analogue data systems. Put simply, digital has predetermined, finite upper limit to its information saturation- analogue does not. Therefore if you could read the information stored in ever increasing detail, there still would be more to see.

Vinyl may have its draw backs, but I will gladly take those over an mp3 any day at any bit rate.

Or maybe is a vibration thing?

Is this how you make a plumbus?

The most expencive audiophile turn tables are belt drive and even the motor is on a separate chassis. Direct drive is better for DJing but the best sounding machines are belt drive.

Why would you put the felt mat over the acrylic platter haha it totally ruins the point of having an acrylic platter.

you're they should have a jig for that very critical bit of alignment!

since you were debating the superiority or digital over analogue, it's only fair to point out that technically analogue is superior, its just the implementation that's the problem. Did you know that sound is analogue like all nature and is sampled to a finite degree, and then later converted back to analogue?- the more processes, the more signal degradation....

Oh God - this guy who installing the analogwire from the Pickup burns the shrinktube wiht his soldering iron. damn!

You can keep your mp3's thanks.

on 4.31 it wobbles.

IF you want to get into general terms you would need a sample rate of 360Khz or better to replicate what can be put into a vinyl record. That's how much range is in a top end cutting solution.

good stuff. very satisfying to watch 1:21 to 1:48

Cheap things will always be cheap. Nice things have a habit of retaking value and becoming a pleasure for the next generation. If you think this is expensive check the new speaker from Wilson Benesch. The animation....... is well ....really cool!....these guys are on something!

Please switch on after you put the record on the platter...

They haven't mentioned anything about the pickup needle!

kissa 1512... not on my android phone there isnt...

The wires aren't stuffed in the cylinder like that. There is a plug in the bottom that holds every wire in position to those going through the arm. Since this type is internally grounded, there is a ground wire attached to the blue wire that is grounded to the side of the metal cylinder. That's tricky because you have RCA cable wire, the tonearm blue wire, and the ground wire that is soldered together. The entire assembly is inserted into the cylinder with a screw or glue holding it in place so it cannot move. There is enough slack going through the arm so the assembly never receives any pulling from above or below. Cardas makes a complete assembly for rebuilding the arm, but I choose to do my own. That is absolutely necessary if you buy Rega turntables because the wire is too thin (breaks) and the clips are laughable at best. My RP1 had to be rewired, and the sound is better than the original with higher quality wire, RCA cables, and high quality clips. It isn't easy, but if you can solder properly, you can do it.

It's not about djing at all. For djing you are correct a direct drive unit is better, but for record playing with units shown in the video belts are smoother than direct drive and allow for the use of magnetic or quartz bearing drives. For pure audiophile playing belt drive s better. Also a well taken care of belt can last a very long time, and even so a belt is pretty inexpensive.