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I test hi-fi systems and if you buy just one thing this Cyber Monday, make it this sexy Sony Bluetooth turntable

December 1, 2025
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So you’re here for TechRadar’s picks of the Cyber Monday deals and maybe you’re looking for a cheap vinyl spinner that’s, how to put this… kind of a trade secret. I get it; you want to avoid anything too pricey or hugely involved – maybe you just discovered a bunch of LPs in the attic and want to give them a spin via the Bluetooth speakers you’ve got lying around the house.

I love that for you! Meet the Sony PS-LX310BT, now just $294 at Amazon (was $449) – or if you’re in the UK, it’s only £189 (was £249) and with built-in phono stage plus Bluetooth for a fuss-free plug and play setup. So, it’ll play nice with powered (or active) speakers (basically anything with power amplification inbuilt), wireless headphones or Bluetooth speakers – and it’ll work a charm with them.

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Full disclosure: this is one of my all-time fave Bluetooth turntables. It’s solid: it works. It’s strong and serious; there are no fripperies. It looks like the rakishly handsome real deal – because it is. I commissioned our all-new Sony PS-LX310BT review recently, because I wanted to know how it stacks up today.

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Not after vinyl-spinners? Are you sure? Oh, OK then: I’ve got a roundup of the best Bose Cyber Monday headphones deals, still live, or there’s my guide to the top Sony headphone Cyber Monday deals. Oh, or maybe you want a different turntable? I’ve got a roundup of the best Cyber Monday turntables!

As mentioned, it’ll send the analog(ue, for my UK readers) audio from your vinyl to your Bluetooth speakers or headphones, if you like. And if you’ve ever tried it (think of sending vinyl to your cans while cleaning the bathroom, ie. nowhere near the turntable), I’m convinced you’ll love it.

To buy this deck is to be someone in the know. It’s cheap, yes, but it’s certainly not junk – I wouldn’t still write about it six years on if it were.

Anyway, if you wanted an inexpensive beginner vinyl setup for a fledgling record collector (aka crate rummager, aka dreamer of dreams, aka stacks of wax curator), how about the also-on-sale Sonos Era 100 speaker? It’s still down to just $169 in the US (was $249), or £168 in the UK (was £249), bagging you a competent, fuss-free, reliable setup from two huge names in hi-fi, all for under $349 / £347.

And the Sonos works over wi-fi, so you could ping hi-resolution music to it from your phone (or other source device) too. Wouldn’t look bad at home ahead of the Holiday Season, would it?

But certain turntables can also ‘work with Sonos’ (read: they’ll talk to your legacy Sonos speakers over wi-fi) and the Victrola Stream Carbon – yes, Victrola of “Victrola up hiiiiigh” Black Velvet fame – is by far my pick there. The deal is below and I have to say, I adore this turntable for the new low price. Yes, it is a lot pricier than the Sony – but the saving is also even bigger and if you’ve already got a Sonos multi-room speaker setup, it does what you want it to and fits right in.

Life’s full of tough decisions, isn’t it?

Black Friday – sees $100 slashed from their price in the US, making them just $269.99 (was $369.99), or a massive £100 off in the UK, making them now just £229.99 (was £329.99), both at Amazon.

Doesn’t sound half bad either, no?

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