#U turn orbit upgrade#

With audio gear, going up the chain lets you hear nuance and more detail, but once you reach a baseline of quality, you come to a point of diminishing returns. For its price, you're getting a turntable that should last you the rest of your life. Other than that, the Orbit is an exceptional piece of audio equipment. That's fine, but first-time buyers should be aware that they'll need a stereo receiver with a phono input for this turntable to work properly. The other is that it has no built-in preamp. I should note that higher end versions of the Orbit do have these features, the one I've tested is their basic model. It would have required some reengineering to accomplish, but it's something I missed. I wish the baseline Orbit had a cue lever, which lets you more easily and accurately drop the needle onto a track further into an album. There are only a couple of drawbacks to the Orbit, one of which is kind of subjective. You can also adjust the weight of the tonearm if you'd like, although I tend to leave that alone.

#U turn orbit upgrade#

So, if you accidentally damage the needle, or do some research and decide to upgrade to a better one, you're in good shape. Unlike other budget turntables, which have a heavy, ceramic upgradeable cartridge, you can upgrade the Orbit's needle without much hassle. The Orbit also gives you some room to grow. In every case the Orbit produced what I consider to be a very accurate representation of the music I was playing. Records, be they digital or all analog, sounded nice and smooth bassy songs or albums sounded bassy, harsher songs had more distortion. The U-Turn Orbit doesn't sound like a budget turntable. Instead of focusing too much on form, U-Turn focused on function and it paid off. I used a blue one and it looked very sharp. You can get the U-Turn in a cool color, though, depending on your preference. Instead, it has a minimalist aesthetic that won't stand out (in a bad way) in any environment. Originally launched as a Kickstarter (that I almost participated in), their product, the $179 U-Turn Orbit redefines the new budget-turntable space.Ī lot of new turntables are meant to look hip, or vintage Uturn's Orbit doesn't. That hole has been plugged by U-Turn Audio, a company that hand makes affordable turntables in the United States. There were vintage pieces of tube gear restored and refurbished, a high-end turntable with a high-end needle and very nice speakers.įriends would come over to listen to records and then ask about what they should buy, and I had trouble answering.Ĭheaper turntables that you can find anywhere have needles that will destroy your records. Nicer, entry-level turntables, on the other hand, cost more than most people are willing to spend to get into a hobby. There was a hole in the market for music lovers wedged between a rock and a hard place. I used to have a very extensive turntable setup.