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I've NEver set up a turntable before. Sure, I've used some, but they were all-in-ones that had speakers and preamps built in, and I had friends who set up the arm balance. A fully fledged turntable setup has always sounded intimidating to me.A touch of fear didn't stop me from trying, though. The House of Marley Stir It Up Lux Bluetooth turntable was my first foray into setting up my own turntable, and it was much easier (though not foolproof) than I expected. It didn't take me long to start listening to my little collection of records with this turntable and the help of a simple Bluetooth speaker.Balancing ActThe trickiest part of setting up the bamboo and black-glass turntable was getting the tonearm balanced. The Stir It Up Lux uses an Audio-Technica 95E elliptical stylus (folks often ...

Vinyl's biggest selling point isn't the sound. It's the physical experience: shiny, delicate records; liner notes writ large; covers you want to frame and hang on your wall; and the way the stylus spins across the jagged surface, reproducing your favorite artists' music as if by magic.Maybe you've always been interested in building a setup for listening to LPs and 45s, but you don't know where to start. Maybe you're like WIRED reviews editor Julian Chokkattu, who owned a record but no turntable to play it on. Maybe you're just looking for an upgrade. No problem: There are tons of great record players to choose from, and most of them will easily connect to whatever audio system you already own. I've tested quite a few options, and these are my current favorites—from utilitarian, budget-fri...

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