This Is How a Turntable Really Works

The turntable is one of the longest lasting technologies still in popular manufacture today. No matter how many technologies attempt to replace it -- the 8-track, the cassette tape, the CD or the MP3 -- there's still a healthy group of folks who say no sound is richer and more full than when a vinyl record is played.

To the uninformed, it looks like magic: As the needle scrapes across the groove of a record, beautiful and accurate sounds come through the turntable's speakers. DJs are the ultimate wizards when it comes to this powerful magic, managing to not only keep record samples in endless loops, but also mixing, shifting and manipulating the sounds to suit the mood at hand. It's a won…
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