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Guide To Turntables - Listening Edition

Beginner’s Guide To Turntables – Home Listening Edition

The latest installment in our guide series is now up!  Turntable Lab’s Guide To Turntables – Home Listening Edition You’ve probably seen our Guide to Technics 1200′s , but this guide switches the focus to basic turntables for listening (not DJing) purposes. What is a Phono Preamp? What do I need for a basic turntable set [...]

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Turntable Lab Radio 012: Boonlorm

Live DJ mix from Boonlorm on Lab Radio! Boonlorm is the new alias from long time Lab homie Pocketknife who just dropped a new album of raw, experimental piano house – String Figures. Check the mix for insight and inspirations for the album, ranging from jackin’ Chicago house to deep Detroit techno and everything in [...]

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Four Tet Vinyl

just got in a nice set of reissues from Four Tet’s back catalog. If you’ve been digging the recent collabs with Burial or the solo stuff on TEXT Records, you owe it to yourself to revisit some of the Kieran Hebden’s earlier works… Pause from 2001Rounds from 2003and finally, 2010′s There Is Love In You [...]

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Turntable Lab Radio 011: Braille

Turntable Lab Radio 011: Braille

Incredible set of forward bass sounds from the homie Braille. You might know him from his releases on Hot Flush and Rush Hour, or as half of Sepalcure with Machine Drum – and here he delivers a mix of future-proof cuts that will shake up your system proper! Recorded live at TTL NY. Turntable Lab [...]

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Last Day Of The Musica Sale!

Last chance to get 20% off on ALL vinyl and CDs – shop now!

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scratch nostalgia

remember this thing? also this:

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Turntable Lab Guide To DJ Headphones

Guide To DJ Headphones

The next installment in our guide series is now up! Turntable Lab’s Guide To DJ Headphones What Makes A Good DJ Headphone? How does Frequency Range effect headphones? Opened vs. Closed design? All these questions and more are answered in easy to understand terminology. Also check our previous guides: Beginner’s Guide to DJ setups, Guide To [...]

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Guide To Technics 1200 Turntables

Guide To Technics 1200 Turntables

The third installment in the TTL guide series is now available: Turntable Lab’s Guide To Technics 1200 Turntables All the facts you need to know about the legendary Technics 1200, broken down Lab style. In case you missed it, our Beginner’s Guide to DJ setups and Guide To Audio/DJ Interfaces are also up, with more guides are on [...]

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Guide To Audio Interfaces DJ Interfaces

Guide To Audio Interfaces / DJ Interfaces

The second installment in the TTL guide series is now up: Turntable Lab’s Guide To Audio Interfaces / DJ Interfaces Essential reading for anyone wondering what exactly an Audio Interface does, the different options available, and why or when you would need one. In case you missed it, our Beginner’s Guide to DJ setups is also [...]

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TTL Beginners Guide To DJ Setups

Beginner’s Guide To DJ Setups

Now on the site: Turntable Lab’s Beginner’s Guide To DJ Setups This is the first in a series of guides designed to help explain the basics of DJing and production equipment in easy-to-understand layman’s terms. Using our knowledge and experience, the Lab breaks it down as simply as possible. Check back as we will update [...]

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