Elevate your vinyl experience this Prime Day with these handy accessories under £20

The O Turntable from Orange Amps, on a wooden cabinet between two pot plants.
(Image credit: Orange Amps)

Amazon's Prime Day – one of the best sales events of the year – is a, er, prime time to upgrade your TV or headphones, or build an audio system from scratch.

But that typically requires at least a three-figure spend, and if you've spent all your spare cash all on your summer holiday, you may be looking to indulge in smaller ticket purchases this Prime week instead. Such as affordable turntable accessories.

Indeed, if you listen to records at home, there are three turntable accessories worth considering to ensure you're making the most of your collection.

They typically don't cost the earth, Prime Day or not, but the Amazon sales event is shaving off the pounds here and there to make them even more grabbable!

While we haven't tested the specific three recommendations below, we have only chosen Prime Day deals on products with exceptional user reviews. And we use similar products on a daily basis in our hi-fi test rooms and at home ourselves, so we can certainly vouch for how useful they are.

1. Record cleaner brush – £11.35

Yes, you should clean your records with a microfibre cloth to rid them of pesky grime or dirt, but unfortunately they will attract dust every time they are removed from their sleeve thanks to pesky static.

Anti-static brushes like the one below have been around for decades, but remain simple, quick and handy tools for limiting noise in vinyl playback caused by dust. Just pop it down on the record before you spin it for dust-free playback!

Boundless Audio  Record Cleaner Brush
Boundless Audio Record Cleaner Brush: was £16.49 now £11.35 at Amazon

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A simple carbon fibre anti-static vinyl brush with a 4.5/5 rating from over 10,000 user reviews. Simply hold the brush on the edge of your spinning record so that its tips are just stroking the vinyl, and then lift it up after a few rotations.

2. Record weight – £16.99

For optimum performance, your needle should move as little as possible, so adding weight should reduce vibrations and help to keep your needle still.

Extra weight will also help when it comes to playing slightly warped records that aren't perfectly flat, ensuring optimum tracking for better sound.

Kedok Record Weight
Kedok Record Weight: was £24 now £17 at Amazon

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This 378g Kedok record weight is one more affordable and well-reviewed (4.7/5 stars) options on Amazon, and has an integrated bubble level that displays the rotational speed of the record. Choose the 50Hz option in the UK.

3. Stylus gauge – £11.71

One of the most important accessories, critical to turntable performance, is a stylus gauge, which measures the cartridge stylus's tracking weight; i.e how much force the needle is putting on your record.

If the tracking weight is set too high, the sound becomes dull and ponderous, and could ultimately ruin your records by etching too deeply. Too low, however, and the cartridge won’t track the groove properly, resulting in a thin sound.

Flexzion Digital Turntable Stylus Gauge
Flexzion Digital Turntable Stylus Gauge: was £14.95 now £11.71 at Amazon

This tool from Flexzion is simple; just rest your needle on the scale and then adjust its tracking force accordingly. Most record players should come with recommended force weights – usually around 2g, although check the manual. Otherwise, Google is your friend. For the price of a couple of drinks, this is a tool worth having in your kit.

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Becky Roberts

Becky is the managing editor of What Hi-Fi? and, since her recent move to Melbourne, also the editor of the brand's sister magazines Down Under – Australian Hi-Fi and Audio Esoterica. During her 11+ years in the hi-fi industry, she has reviewed all manner of audio gear, from budget amplifiers to high-end speakers, and particularly specialises in headphones and head-fi devices. In her spare time, Becky can often be found running, watching Liverpool FC and horror movies, and hunting for gluten-free cake.

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