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1 Audio-Technica AT-LP60XBT

We have something for every taste and budget in this instalment of State of the Art. This AudioTechnica turntable is excellent, but you’d have to say it’s for those whose taste is for the more plasticky end of the market and whose budget is a tad limited. $259, audio-technica.com

SPECS

CONNECTIVITY aptX and SBC Bluetooth, 3.5mm analogue out, switchable between phono and line level DRIVE Belt drive

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2 Pro-Ject Essential III BT

Pro-Ject makes a turntable to suit just everyone: cheap ones, pricey ones, ones with digital outputs, ones you hang vertically on your wall… And now they make this, the brand’s top-selling model III Essential, served with a helping of Bluetooth. It really looks the part in a choice of high-gloss paint finishes. $445, project-audio.com

SPECS

CONNECTIVITY SBC Bluetooth, phono level dual RCA out, line level dual RCA out DRIVE Belt drive SPEED SELECTION Manual

3 Cambridge Audio Alva TT way

This one takes things up the scale, with build like a brick shipyard, and the inclusion of aptX HD. Where the Audio-Technica uses standard aptX, which is of approximately CD quality, the Alva TT encodes and transmits your vinyl at high resolution – 24-bit/48KHz. The look here is very no-nonsense and premium. $2,800, cambridgeaudio.com

SPECS

CONNECTIVITY aptX HD, aptX and SBC Bluetooth, line level dual RCA out DRIVE Direct drive SPEED SELECTION Button