TECH Bloomberg Pursuits November 18, 2019
Otherthaninthemotor andthe
needlecartridge, everythingin
thisRecosonnerecordplayer
is engineeredfromscratchand
builtbyhandinthePhiladelphia
studioofBDDW’sTylerHays.He
firstdesignedit,inaneditionof
18,touseintheall-vinyl radio
stationthatherunsoutof his
M. Crowshops inMilanand
Lostine,Ore.Marbleis used
for the platter, and the housing
is aircraft-gradewoodthat’s
brush-paintedwitha slow-drying
oil, whichgivesit a slightlymore
imperfectfinishthanthetypical
spray-onpaint.The tonearm
cancomeinyew,holly, oryellow
cedar,andthe entiremachine
is dampedwithdownfeathers,
tar,sand,andrubber.Hays is
workingona secondlimited
editionofthemodel.
From $22, 000 ; 212 625-1230
poundsis whatthisturntable
clocksonthescale,thanks to
the marbledisc
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