U-Turn Audio Orbit Plus Turntable

Description

Company & Product OverviewU-Turn Audio is a great American success story. Theirthree founders are diehard music lovers. Back when they were in college, they were looking for great quality turntables, but simply couldnt find anything that met their standard and their budget.In other words, they had filet mignon ears with hamburger helper wallets! With their creative and mechanical design backgrounds, they decided to put their heads together and build a great turntable at an entry-level price.Ten years ago this would have probably never made it off the ground, but they decided to launch a Kickstarter campaign. During this time, in 2012, turntable sales were on an almost straight up growth curve, so they got the investment they needed to get going, and by mid-2015, had already produced over 10,000 Orbit turntables in their home town of Woburn, Massachusetts.Amazingly enough in this day of international manufacturing, today 80-90% of the parts in an Orbit table still come from local suppliers, and the entire assembly is done in their Woburn, MA plant!The Orbit is a manual, belt-drive turntable. Instead of offering a variety of different models, all of U-Turns turntable configurations are extensions of the base model. The Orbit is available as the Orbit Basic, Orbit Plus, and Orbit Special.Design & Build QualityAll of the Orbit turntables share the same tonearm, but there are many different options to configure it to suit your needs and budget, including five different color choices on the main model and a custom Orbit available in either a maple or walnut finish.The Orbit was specifically designed to get the best sound for your money, so dont expect any bells and whistles. It has an AC motor that is mounted in the back left corner of the table, suspended on rubber dampers to reduce motor noise from getting into the turntable plinth. The on/off switch is on the front left side, and to change speed, you simply move the belt on the exposed motor pulleys.The Orbit tonearm i