Direct-drive, low noise motor Fully manual operation ... modeled after original Audio-Technica designs from the 1960s and ’70s, is engineered to minimize tracking errors ...

The Fluance RT85N is the best turntable under $600 because it has ... has a wider range of variable speed control and a direct-drive motor that’s quick to get to full speed.

This is easily one of the best turntables for less than $1,000. Technics produced the world’s first direct-drive turntable in 1970 and the SL-1200 has actually been around since 1972 ...

We'll leave you with more about the turntables from the first half of the show.