Stand-up sound: This vertical record player is changing the game

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After the success of their Bluetooth-enabled gramophone speaker, CEO and founder Pavan Bapu and his team at Gramovox set out to revolutionize another seemingly antiquated musical device – the turntable. Now, with the release of the company’s Floating Record, Gramovox is setting the bar for bringing modern technology to vintage design. Even better, this new vertical turntable is available in this year’s Mashable Shop, an online destination curating the best in tech products, powered by Visa Checkout. 

Musical Frankensteins

How Gramovox got its start

While walking through Chicago’s Wicker Park in 2013, Bapu was so captured by the beauty of a 1920s Magnavox horn in an antique store’s window that he had to buy it. After tinkering with his purchase, the young Illinois native was able to bring it back to life by connecting the horn to an FM radio. "I was streaming Biggie through a 1920s gramophone," says Bapu. "It gave me goosebumps." Read more...