£549 www.thorens.com 01425 460760
Budget decks tend to be streamed into two groups. Firstly, there is the minimal approach to turntable design, the sort of lines you might see adopted by the likes of Rega and Pro-Ject. The latter take an almost Amish-like approach to turntable construction, keeping the parts tally low, the clutter to a minimum and the implementation pure. Sound quality is paramount here.