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Best cartridges 2025: budget and premium options for your turntable
By Kashfia Kabir last updated
best buys You can improve your turntable without buying a brand new model – upgrading the cartridge can have remarkable results.

Technics SL-1500C
By What Hi-Fi? last updated
Updated This beautiful fuss-free turntable shows that the Technics brand is beginning to hit its stride.

Update your LP12 turntable with the first-ever plinth upgrade from Linn - but it comes at a cost
By Kashfia Kabir published
The Bedrock plinth aims to improve any LP12's performance

Technics SL-1300G
By What Hi-Fi? published
Technic’s direct-drive SL-1300G turntable is an unfussy and tempting alternative to the belt-driven establishment.

Rega Planar 3 vs Planar 3 RS Edition: are the upgrades to the iconic turntable worth it?
By Becky Roberts published
The Planar 3 is a What Hi-Fi? Award winner at its price level, but now that we have reviewed the pricier RS Edition, can we say that its upgrades justify the premium?

Rega Planar 3 RS Edition
By What Hi-Fi? published
With clever upgrades and a bespoke plinth design, Rega has pushed the performance of the iconic Planar 3 to an impressive degree in this elevated design.

Technics leads a talented and versatile vinyl system that will excel in larger rooms
By Jonathan Evans published
A mighty – and mightily impressive – trio from Technics, Arcam and Q Acoustics

Record Store Day date confirmed! RSD 2025 returns this April to support UK indie record stores
By Harry McKerrell published
The biggest celebration of vinyl and indie record shops returns for its 18th edition on Saturday, April 12th.
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