Coffee Table: The Smallest Record Player in the World

Awesome concept turntable designed and modeled earlier this year by Charles Pyott and Linos. The simplicity of this thing is startling and am honestly surprised that one this portable wasn’t designed 5-10 years ago!

The only portable turntables that exist right now include the Numark and Vestax “suitcase” models which are far larger and require a shit load of “D” sized batteries to run on, although they both provide decent sound quality, pitch control, RCA outs, small internal speakers and headphone jacks. On the other side we have the infamous Volkswagen Bus turntable. Basically a novelty, both you and your records would be better off relegating the Bus to “paperweight” status because of the fact they’re notorious for their needles damaging your records!

The Linos USB is probably the most practical one conceptualized yet; it stays in a fixed position (unlike the VW bus) so it would make a great sidekick when you’re digging through crates at a local record store that doesn’t have a table for you to preview records on. Great for keeping by the computer to digitize tracks as well. The only thing I’m not sure about is how this is powered: does it require a USB connection at all times to a computer/power source, or does it have a built-in internal battery? Because it’s designed to be sleek and convenient to use on the go, I’m assuming the latter of the two.

Still just a concept, I don’t envision these things being extremely difficult to engineer and mass produce. If priced reasonably and had an internal battery, I would probably have a new sidekick patient enough to deal with my crate digging/shop therapy!