Design: El Diablo - Audiowood Turntable
Materials: Reclaimed redwood, plant-based resin, lead-free brass, ebonized maple, aluminum
Designer: Joel Scilley
"El Diablo is the first complete turntable which utilizes my new Audiowood platter: a plant-based resin upper platter with either lead-free brass pods, or wooden pods that are filled with non-toxic shot and a natural damping resin."
"The idea here is that this platter can be used to make custom turntables to a client's specifications. Pods can be made of almost any wood, to contrast or match wooden bases, and then combined with a tonearm and motor drive for a totally one-of-a-kind eye-catching turntable.
As a manufacturer and retailer, I'm focused on sustainable designs that produce great music. El Diablo, as the first of its kind, combines organic materials and precision manufacturing in a precise machine that doesn't look like a machine.
Prices for custom turntables with the Audiowood platter start at $2500."
Designer: Joel Scilley
Link: audiowood.com
Location: Grand Ridge, FL
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That turntable is cool as HELL.
I had to go retrieve my socks (they were knocked off!) after I saw the iPhone nests on the audiowood website.
Yummy.
gorgeous.
Kind of steampunk.
Doesn't do much for me. I wonder how its kept dust-free. To me, it looks like an over-lacquered slice of wood with a turntable on it. Eh...
Thanks for comments. To Lazy Lurker - not sure it's my best design, and it is a slice of wood, but it NOT over-lacquered, not lacquered at all, in fact: varnished and paste-waxed. The real point is the platter, which allows for almost any design. It is kept dust-free through dusting, like other furniture and accessories. ;)
Joel.