Turntables with Built-in Speakers

A record player with built-in speakers plays a record straight out of the box – you don't need an amplifier or separate speakers. Here you'll find the Crosley Voyager and Cruiser Plus suitcase turntables, along with models from Victrola, Renote and Lenco, all with speakers built right into the cabinet. Every one of them plays records at 33⅓, 45 and 78 RPM and has Bluetooth. They suit a kids' room or a weekend cabin, or make a first turntable for the old records you got from your parents.

What is Bluetooth for on a record player with speakers?

With Bluetooth you can play music from your phone through the turntable's speakers, so in your room it also stands in for a wireless speaker. Check the specific model to see whether its Bluetooth can also send sound out, for example to wireless headphones. Each of these turntables has a headphone output and almost all have an RCA output as well, which lets you connect them to a hi-fi system or active speakers later on.

Battery-powered or plug-in turntable?

Most turntables with speakers run on a mains adapter. The Victrola Revolution GO and some Lenco models also have a battery, so you can take them into the garden or to a campfire without a cable. The Crosley Voyager, Cruiser Plus and Renote RetroCase come in a suitcase with a handle and a lid that keeps dust off the record on the platter.

When is a turntable with separate speakers the better choice?

Built-in speakers have low output – 5 W on many models – and fill a room, not a large living room. Suitcase turntables have a simple ceramic cartridge. If you want more detail and bass from your records, pick one of the home turntables and connect speakers to it. You'll find a replacement stylus and other add-ons in turntable accessories.