Yuri Suzuki is an artist and musician interested in “revamping and giving new forms and meanings to the turntable, a device which very few of us still have in their house.
Music is become more and more digital and abstract, and Suzuki is interested in exploring the physical, tangible representation of sound.
The Prepared Turntable, above, is [...]

What?
You’ve still got some money left after getting that $24,000 Avid Acutus turntable?
Then you may want to check out the new Thorens Jubilee turntable:
 The Jubilee is a cost-no-object design that puts it firmly in the camp of ‘the world’s best ever’ vinyl replay machines. The Jubilee celebrates 125 years of the Thorens name and allowed the company [...]

At the 2008 Summer NAMM Show, Numark introduced LP 2 CD,a professional tool for fine-quality conversion of vinyl recordings to CD, WAV or MP3, with or without a computer.
LP 2 CD is an all-in-one system with internal flash memory, so no computer is required to digital recordings from vinyl or any other analog source using [...]

The Montegiro Lusso turntable may feature three height-adjustable cones made from alternating layers of aluminum and black acrylic, paired with a central inverted cone that supports the aluminum and acrylic platter.
It may have an ultra precise synchronous motor, a 10″ Da Vinci Nobile carbon fiber arm and a Montegiro MG1 titanium cartridge.
The Lusso may even [...]

Numark has introduced a new turntable, the X2, that combines CD & vinyl functions into one hybrid unit.
The X2’s CD player offers full MP3 playback capability as well as the ability to scratch, loop, manipulate and pitch adjust both audio and MP3 data CDs. Since both the CD and turntable can be played simultaneously, this [...]

Which is a better investment - a turntable or an iPod?
That’s the question raised by an interesting article at Crave:
Does anybody buying an iPod in 2008 expect to get more than a few years of use out of the thing? My five year old iPod still plays, but I can’t get it to work in [...]

Inventive Guy Mike Disher has created a series of beautiful translucent turntables:
Turntables and mechanical watch and clock movements fascinate me. I view them as functional pieces of kinetic art. I based my turntable design on the legendary Rega P3, and I created a new, custom acrylic plinth and a set of feet. I also [...]

MixMeister has announced EZ Vinyl Converter 2, a new app being bundled with turntables from Numark and ION Audio which reads incoming audio from a turntable and uses Gracenote’s MusicID technology to automatically fill in the artist, album, and song information.
Users need only to click the “New Track” button at the end of each track. [...]

Numark has introduced the TTi iPod turntable, a turntable that includes a Universal Dock for iPod, USB audio interface, a metal platter and pitch control, making it one of the most versatile turntables ever produced.
Numark turntable performance, USB connectivity and the convenience of the iPod are fused together so users can easily transfer old vinyl [...]

Musikmesse: Stanton DJ has launched the T.90 USB High-Torque Turntable, a professional turntable with high-torque direct drive motor and a USB output. With Key Lock built-in, DJs can adjust the tempo of a record without affecting pitch, while USB and S/PDIF digital outputs make the T.90 USB great for archiving vinyl.
Features:

High-torque direct drive motor and [...]

The S-1 Premium Stage Controller is a freaky hand-made DJ control instrument by Vestax. The production run of the controller is limited to 20 pieces.
The DJ controller combines ideas from turntables, guitars and other instruments to create a performance-oriented unit.
Controller:
Interface: Vestax 12 inch Platter control
Cue : 4 cue play/rec
Seamless Loop : start/stop/exit
Sampler: 8 sec sampler
Effect: [...]

At the 2007 NAMM Show, Cortex made a variety of introductions for DJs:

HDC-1000 - New Software Update Available
The NAMM show marked the debut of the latest free software and database manager update for the HDC-1000.
V1.8.10 contains new features such as Scratch capability, Playlist Creation ability (using the new Cortex Database Manager V 2.4 (Special Edition [...]

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Numark announced the X2 (X-squared) Professional Direct Drive Turntable / MP3 CD Player, a new concept in professional DJ equipment. Equipped with a full size 12-inch aluminum platter, tone arm, and CD drive, the X2 is the one piece of equipment capable of controlling a DJ’s vinyl, CD, or MP3 collection—and [...]

NAMM 2006 Winter Show Update: Numark announced the new TTUSB Turntable.
Packaged with all the necessary cables to interconnect with both a computer and a stereo playback system, along with software to remove clicks, pops, and other undesirable characteristics of vinyl, the TTUSB is a comprehensive package that breathes new life into older recordings while making [...]

NAMM 2006 Winter Show: Gemini announced the new CFX-20 Professional Slot-Loading CD Player, the latest in their line of tabletop CD Players.
Gemini has fitted the CFX-20 with a Touch-Sensitive Jog Wheel that responds to the slightest touch. Users can control the current track by placing fingers on the center jog wheel plate, rolling it forward, [...]