News // October 04, 2018

DUO all-in-one turntable with detachable wireless Bluetooth speaker

DUO all-in-one turntable with detachable wireless Bluetooth speaker cover

Taiwanese audio equipment company HYM Originals, which also released the Seed Turntable, has a running Kickstarter campaign for a new minimalist turntable featuring a portable Bluetooth speaker. The campaign ends on November 25, but already doubled its target amount.

Their new turntable called DUO, has a detachable wireless speaker with built-in Amazon Alexa voice control. The DUS's speaker weighs 800g, has a maximum range of 15 meters and a 10-hour battery life. Being a Bluetooth speaker, you can stream to it from any compatible Bluetooth device. It uses a Qualcomm CSR8670 chip and aptX protocol to create lossless sound with a flat frequency response.

DUO all-in-one turntable with detachable wireless Bluetooth speaker

The DUO features a compact 3.2” (80 mm) diameter platter, only a quarter of a standard size turntable, and it's driven by a deceleration belt with unique rotational stabilization. Decelerating from the motor's 1100 rpm turning speed, it can smoothly play both 33 and 45 rpm records, and all common sizes.

DUO all-in-one turntable with detachable wireless Bluetooth speaker

It comes with an Audio-Technica AT3600L cartridge with a 2.5g tracking force, and a spring-weighted tonearm, replacing the conventional counterweight to automatically balance the tracking force. This creates a signal reproduction with <0.9% distortion rate, giving an even tone and minimizing damage from excess pressure on the needle

DUO all-in-one turntable with detachable wireless Bluetooth speaker

The speaker integrates 2 full-range drivers and 2 low-frequency passive radiators. The DUO also supports True Wireless Stereo Bluetooth connection and gives you the possibility to hook up another DUO Bluetooth speaker for a stereo setup. The unit will automatically configure them into left and right channels.

DUO all-in-one turntable with detachable wireless Bluetooth speaker

DUO turntable is available in three variants: black, orange with beige and yellow with grey. For more info and prices, check out the project on Kickstarter. You can see a working prototype below.

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