O/T vertical turntables

[phonophan79]

I have a few front-loading turntables... they're great for saving space.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhkAYFWQDnI and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyqvQMezZEA

But I've ALWAYS wanted a vertical turntable. When I come across one, they're always hundreds of dollars, too much $.

...now there's this...

http://www.gizmag.com/ion-vertical-viny ... ble/19279/

You can get one around $60... I won't be buying it, but I think it would be a good conversation starter for young people. The general consensus in the comments section of the article that that they wouldn't put their vinyl collection near this thing.

[estott]

I'd consider buying one of those for the kitchen

[New Owner]

That'd be a disaster for 78's. You'd need a lock to screw ontop of the record (like what they had for the really old front-mounts) just to use it, and what if the record's warped

[estott]

That'd be a disaster for 78's. You'd need a lock to screw ontop of the record (like what they had for the really old front-mounts) just to use it, and what if the record's warped

Well, it isn't planned for 78's- so that's somewhat moot...

Now, there WAS a vertical 78 turntable, the Watchtower Portable. Instead of a tone arm it uses a sliding diaphragm arrangement- must be hard on records, but that probably wasn't important at the time.