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Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 149 – Original upload 1.3.26
This playlist is 63% vinyl friendly. Very poor. The Vertere DG-1 Dynamic Groove. One commentator queried whether ‘the design wandered in the direction of form over function‘, but this, the company’s entry level version, was voted in What Hi-Fi‘s updated 2025 ‘20 very best turntables of (the magazine’s) lifetime‘… but it had detractors elsewhere. My […]
Play >Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 148 – Original upload 1.2.26
This playlist is 72% vinyl friendly. Not bad. The SL-1300G in 2025. Technics keeping it simple with the design, if not with the spec trying to convince punters they need one. ‘Coreless Direct Drive Motor Achieving Stable Rotation The use of a coreless direct-drive motor with no iron core eliminates uneven rotation of the turntable […]
Play >Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 147 – Original upload 4.1.26
This playlist is 67% vinyl friendly. Poor. ‘In the year 2021, few turntables have captured the essence of that time the way that the Old Future Turntable and Speaker has. The silhouette of the player itself pays homage to ’70s architecture in Seoul. Slanted roofs were common during that era, and when you place the turntable […]
Play >Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 146 – Original upload 7.12.25
This playlist is 65% vinyl friendly. Very poor. Scorchio! ‘1960/1970 Vintage Stereo Design Record Player, in bright orange, the emblematic colour of the 1960 and an example of Mod Ultra Space Age Pop Art Raymond Loewy? France French Designer Museum-worthy‘ says the Etsy seller, adding ‘It has a few cracks, one of the speakers has […]
Play >Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 145 – Original upload 2.11.25
This playlist is 73% vinyl friendly. Not bad. Anonymous ‘radiogram’, 1960s… and even at its size, the sort of set up that most families of the time had when music was really just a household component. Ours followed on from a legless Dansette-type turntable and was initially used primarily for the radio, with Dad wiring […]
Play >Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 144 – Original upload 5.10.25
This playlist is 68% vinyl friendly. Poor, and the first show to hit that exact mark… though with a likely future vinyl release it should inch up at some point. ‘A German (Dieter Rams) design classic… that caused uproar in the ’60s as one of the first light-weight record players to eschew the heavy wooden […]
Play >Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 143 – Original upload 7.9.25
This playlist is 79% vinyl friendly. Not bad. The Vertere SG-1/Xtrax! Named by designer and founder, Tourag Moghaddam like a very expensive thing… and at nearly £45,000 in 2023 it was. With its ‘strategically placed LEDs embedded in the sumptuous acrylic plinth‘, when What Hi-Fi reached their 50th birthday earlier this year the turntable made […]
Play >Post Punk Plus Podcast Playlist 142 – Original upload 3.8.25
This playlist is 76% vinyl friendly. Not bad. RCA Victor, 1950s. ‘No frills’ would be an understatement. Did the job though, no doubt. Any track marked * has been given either a tiny or a slightly larger 41 Rooms tweak/edit/chop and the occasional tune might sound a bit dodgy, quality-wise. On top of that, the […]
Play >Episode 141 – Original upload 6.7.25
This playlist is 52% vinyl friendly. Worst ever! Apologies to all vinyl enthusiasts. The Miniot Wheel is as minimalist a stab at the record turntable as can be. ‘A modified Audio-Technica cartridge plays the record from underneath, with the spindle in the centre used to turn it on and off, skip tracks and adjust the […]
Play >Episode 140 – Original Upload 1.6.25
This playlist is 66% vinyl friendly. Very poor. ‘Reimagining the classic portable turntable and designed for DJs, vinyl enthusiasts, and creative performers in 2025, the Korg Handytraxx combines portability with cutting-edge features, including unique Korg digital effects, a built-in audio looper, and with a high-quality fader included‘, says the promo blurb. Another dealer added, ‘Optimised […]
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