preventing it from picking up background noise from the motor running. In a direct-drive turntable, the motor sits right under the platter, so you run the risk of that affecting the sound ...

Nestled on a dedicated desk in my office are two Technics SL-1210 turntables (an Mk2 and Mk3 ... of the SL-1210GR2 model and an all-new direct-drive motor system. Interestingly enough, Panasonic ...

Technic’s direct-drive SL-1300G turntable is an unfussy and tempting alternative to the belt-driven establishment.

There’s a reason why all the turntables on this list look pretty similar ... Its smooth pitch control and rock-solid quartz-locked direct-drive platters made it the perfect deck for beatmatching and ...