I always enjoy hackers who build items that have been mass produced for years. Take Charles Altmann’s DIY Turntable. Audiophiles would have to pay an arm and a leg to get something this uniqu… ...

The Altmann DIY turntable and tone-arm are built from such parts. The Harley valves make up the bearing, the wood goes into the base and the platter, and the stepper motor is fed a sine wave to ...

We talked about a different DIY gramophone kit a while back, but this $70 Emile Berliner Gramophone Turntable on pre-order from Very Cool Things looks a bit easier (and a bit nicer) to use.

With science educator Sam Haynor’s bone-conducting phonograph, you just need your teeth and some cheap everyday objects. Haynor places the record on a DIY turntable and then attaches a needle to ...