In practice, that means avoiding not just a Crosley but most if not ... from picking up background noise from the motor running. In a direct-drive turntable, the motor sits right under the platter ...

There’s a lot of merit to the Crosley business model. After all, the company has carved quite a niche for itself by delivering uber-affordable turntables, cassette players and radios.

kitschy retro-tinged turntables. But in the late-1930s, company founder Powel Crosley Jr. set his sites on manufacturing low-cost automobiles for American consumers, delivering its historically ...

Check 'em out below: The briefcase-styled Crosley Cruiser gives you ... Teac's TN-100 is a no-nonsense turntable. It operates with a belt-drive motor to produce a cleaner sound that direct-drive ...