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$699.99 | Technics Premium Class HiFi Record Player w/ Coreless Direct Drive Motor & Bluetooth (SL-40CBT; Various Colors) at Amazon

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Aug 23, 2026 2:21 PM
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IndigoTent3072Aug 23, 2026 2:21 PM
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I have not seen these called record players since I was a kid.
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Aug 23, 2026 2:22 PM
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SplendidFlag282Aug 23, 2026 2:22 PM
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Sound quality is negatively impacted through Bluetooth, yes? Or has that been improved?
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Aug 23, 2026 3:30 PM
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Quote from SplendidFlag282 :
Sound quality is negatively impacted through Bluetooth, yes? Or has that been improved?
It does seem counterintuitive for a $700 'record player'. Or maybe not:


A while back I knew a tech that dug out a large hole in his basement, built rebar, concrete, and other structures to isolate it from the rest of the house, so he could have a pedestal for his turntable (something crazy like a Clearaudio), cabled to some Mcintosh tubbed stereo amps, to enjoy his album at a level of fidelity he wanted.

So, maybe people who buy $700 record players don't mind Bluetooth.
Aug 23, 2026 5:14 PM
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PKP8025Aug 23, 2026 5:14 PM
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Quote from SplendidFlag282 :
Sound quality is negatively impacted through Bluetooth, yes? Or has that been improved?
One should bypass the bluetooth and go full line-out analog. Bluetooth sounds very good but digitizes (likely in a negative way) the pure analog signal. That said, I don't know if having BT as an unused feature will have a negative effect. But it is a nice feature to help resale.
Aug 23, 2026 8:08 PM
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SmilingRiver528Aug 23, 2026 8:08 PM
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Quote from PKP8025 :
One should bypass the bluetooth and go full line-out analog. Bluetooth sounds very good but digitizes (likely in a negative way) the pure analog signal. That said, I don't know if having BT as an unused feature will have a negative effect. But it is a nice feature to help resale.
"Because aptX Adaptive's(the bluetooth codec this uses) noise floor is so quiet (~130dB), it acts like a massive pipe. Your record player's 75dB signal easily passes through it without the Bluetooth codec adding any audible hiss or capping the dynamic range. The bottleneck will remain the physical vinyl and the phono preamp, not the wireless transmission."

So as long as whatever is receiving this player's bluetooth transmission is capable of decoding aptx there is no bluetooth bottleneck with this codec. Bluetooth bottleneck is only a concern with digital sources which have significantly more potential dynamic range and relative bit-depth than vinyl but more premium bt codecs have made this less of an issue unless you have the most discerning esrs and resolving speakers/headphones
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TNFergusAug 24, 2026 12:02 PM
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Quote from SplendidFlag282 :
Sound quality is negatively impacted through Bluetooth, yes? Or has that been improved?
Improved? Yes.
Negatively impacted? Also, yes.
Aug 24, 2026 1:40 PM
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AquaVolcano980Aug 24, 2026 1:40 PM
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Quote from TNFergus :
Improved? Yes.
Negatively impacted? Also, yes.
Probably not negatively impacted. The Mobile Fidelity records scandal proves that even supposed "golden ears" can't detect digital in the audio chain, even when they claim to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o...Q7po&t=38s

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Aug 25, 2026 12:15 PM
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TNFergusAug 25, 2026 12:15 PM
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Quote from AquaVolcano980 :
Probably not negatively impacted. The Mobile Fidelity records scandal proves that even supposed "golden ears" can't detect digital in the audio chain, even when they claim to. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o...Q7po&t=38s
I'm not saying the guy will hear a difference. But by nature, Bluetooth is more limited than hard-wired.

Also, your video is about mastering of vinyl albums... not Bluetooth quality.
Aug 25, 2026 1:43 PM
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dhishiAug 25, 2026 1:43 PM
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Low end model with no tonearm VTA adjustments.
Aug 25, 2026 3:12 PM
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AquaVolcano980Aug 25, 2026 3:12 PM
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Quote from TNFergus :
I'm not saying the guy will hear a difference. But by nature, Bluetooth is more limited than hard-wired.

Also, your video is about mastering of vinyl albums... not Bluetooth quality.
First, if no one can hear the difference, the limitations of Bluetooth are irrelevant. Second, if you had paid attention to the video, it talked about how Mobile Fidelity records, which emphasized their pure analog mastering process, was actually using digital files in the process for years and nobody noticed, which shows how people cannot hear the difference between analog and digital. https://digital-audio-systems.com...s/?lang=en
Aug 25, 2026 3:26 PM
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TNFergusAug 25, 2026 3:26 PM
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Quote from AquaVolcano980 :
First, if no one can hear the difference
I didn't say no one can hear the difference.

Quote from AquaVolcano980 :
Second, if you had paid attention to the video, it talked about how Mobile Fidelity records, which emphasized their pure analog mastering process, was actually using digital files in the process for years and nobody noticed, which shows how people cannot hear the difference between analog and digital.
...when listening to vinyl. The worst of all recorded media. Aside from 8-track and phonograph.

Seems you think that video is about people hearing a difference between digital and analog. It's clearly not. It's about people not hearing a difference between a digital or analog master being used... on vinyl.

You do know the question was about Bluetooth transmission, right? "If you had paid attention" you'd know this has nothing to do with analog vs digital. It has to do with the transmission of ANY source over Bluetooth.
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dhishiAug 25, 2026 8:33 PM
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Quote from SplendidFlag282 :
Sound quality is negatively impacted through Bluetooth, yes? Or has that been improved?
Definitely poor sound quality through Bluetooth. If you are going to use Bluetooth then why even use a vinyl player.
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AquaVolcano980Aug 26, 2026 3:30 PM
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Quote from TNFergus :
I didn't say no one can hear the difference.


...when listening to vinyl. The worst of all recorded media. Aside from 8-track and phonograph.

Seems you think that video is about people hearing a difference between digital and analog. It's clearly not. It's about people not hearing a difference between a digital or analog master being used... on vinyl.

You do know the question was about Bluetooth transmission, right? "If you had paid attention" you'd know this has nothing to do with analog vs digital. It has to do with the transmission of ANY source over Bluetooth.
Once you get digital to a high enough quality, the difference between it and analog are inaudible, whether it's Bluetooth transmission or mastering a record. AptX adaptive is high enough quality to do that. A good digital encoding and transmission will give you sound that is indistinguishable from the original, even if it's from vinyl. The point about the mastering is people not being able to hear what they claim to hear, and the Mobile Fidelity situation proved that. That was why many professional reviewers asked Mobile Fidelity to deny what they did.
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TNFergusAug 27, 2026 1:24 PM
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Quote from AquaVolcano980 :
Once you get digital to a high enough quality, the difference between it and analog are inaudible, whether it's Bluetooth transmission or mastering a record. AptX adaptive is high enough quality to do that. A good digital encoding and transmission will give you sound that is indistinguishable from the original, even if it's from vinyl.
Once again, this has nothing to do with digital vs analog. It's about Bluetooth transmission of digital files. Bluetooth doesn't transmit analog files. It converts the analog to digital, then the receiver converts it back. And it's lossy. There is no positive effect of Bluetooth.

Also, there is no lossless Bluetooth codec except for aptX Lossless (not aptX Adaptive). But that requires both the sending and receiving hardware to be capable. These turntables are not.

And like I already said...maybe the guy who asked won't hear a difference...but there is one.
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Aug 27, 2026 2:03 PM
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AquaVolcano980Aug 27, 2026 2:03 PM
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Quote from TNFergus :
Once again, this has nothing to do with digital vs analog. It's about Bluetooth transmission of digital files. Bluetooth doesn't transmit analog files. It converts the analog to digital, then the receiver converts it back. And it's lossy. There is no positive effect of Bluetooth.

Also, there is no lossless Bluetooth codec except for aptX Lossless (not aptX Adaptive). But that requires both the sending and receiving hardware to be capable. These turntables are not.

And like I already said...maybe the guy who asked won't hear a difference...but there is one.
I never said there was no difference, I said there was no audible difference. Not just for the person who was posting, but 99 percent of the population won't be able to hear a difference. The better Bluetooth codecs, which includes aptX Adaptive, can convert the analog signal to digital and back, with no perceptible loss of sound quality. Can you measure the difference between Bluetooth and analog with test equipment? Sure. But if you think it's actually an audible difference, feel free to prove me wrong with double-blind testing.

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