The turntable started out as a device used to play music by rotating a phonograph record on a a circular horizontal platform, but it has evolved into a music instrument itself and some models now are just as much as the costliest instrument. The record player was the most popular device for playing sound from the 1870s through the 1980s, but in the modern work-a-day world of iTunes and Sattelite radio, the record player is often overlooked. DJs and Turntablism brought new life and new expensive turntables to the consumer and keeps the record player adapting.
Vinyl isn’t dead, and The Continuum Caliburn turntable proves this by aiming for audio perfection. The price for the most expensive turntable in the world starts at $90,000 and goes up to $112,000, depending on finishes and includes some amazing technology. The tonearm alone sells for $12,000. The turntable uses a magnetically levitated magnesium platter suspended in a vacuum to assure there are no vibrations. Vinyl is alive and kicking because the most passionate and wealthy audiophiles know that CD’s or mp3’s sound can ‘t touch anything on the most expensive turntable.
